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Action responses of Congolese refugee women
1College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, USA. clpavlish@stkate.edu
Purpose:
To describe Congolese refugee women's action responses to difficult living situations.
Design:
Interpretive qualitative.
Methods:
Narrative data were collected from 14 Congolese refugee women using minimally structured interviews and were analyzed for patterns in their responses to their difficult situations.
Findings:
The narratives about participants' difficult circumstances indicated six action responses: refiguration, advocacy, resistance, resignation, sorrow, and faith.
Conclusions:
When encountering difficult life circumstances, refugee participants demonstrated actions with varying influence on their agency.
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