Cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society

Using the qualitative approach of phenomenology, this study explored the cultural adjustment experiences, challenges, and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia. Semi-structured interviews were used as the major strategy for data collection. Data were collected from 7 Somali refugees of va...

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Main Authors:	Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah, Noor , Mohamed Abdinoor
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	BF636 Applied psychology L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/1/CULTURAL_EXPERIENCES%2C_CHALLENGES_AND_COPING_STRATEGIES_OF_Refugees.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/2/Padang_-_Certificate.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/3/Padang_-_Program.pdf

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spelling	iium-285872013-02-13T11:35:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/ Cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah Noor , Mohamed Abdinoor BF636 Applied psychology L Education (General) Using the qualitative approach of phenomenology, this study explored the cultural adjustment experiences, challenges, and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia. Semi-structured interviews were used as the major strategy for data collection. Data were collected from 7 Somali refugees of various genders, ages, and educational backgrounds. Thematic analysis revealed six major areas of concern, that is, financial difficulties, communication barriers, inability to interact with the host community, technological difficulties, security concerns, and difficulties related to food and dress codes. Similarly, four coping skills have been found to be helpful, namely: gathering knowledge about the new culture, having previous cross-cultural experiences, financial support from family, an attitude of tolerance and patience. Support from friends and relatives and being optimistic played a major role. Implications of these findings for the development and organization of counseling services for Somali and other refugees in Malaysia are discussed. 2012-11-14 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nd http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/1/CULTURAL_EXPERIENCES%2C_CHALLENGES_AND_COPING_STRATEGIES_OF_Refugees.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/2/Padang_-_Certificate.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/3/Padang_-_Program.pdf Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah and Noor , Mohamed Abdinoor (2012) Cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society. In: 2nd Malindo International Counseling Conference , 13-15th November 2012, Rocky Plaza Hotel, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	BF636 Applied psychology L Education (General) Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah Noor , Mohamed Abdinoor Cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society
description	Using the qualitative approach of phenomenology, this study explored the cultural adjustment experiences, challenges, and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia. Semi-structured interviews were used as the major strategy for data collection. Data were collected from 7 Somali refugees of various genders, ages, and educational backgrounds. Thematic analysis revealed six major areas of concern, that is, financial difficulties, communication barriers, inability to interact with the host community, technological difficulties, security concerns, and difficulties related to food and dress codes. Similarly, four coping skills have been found to be helpful, namely: gathering knowledge about the new culture, having previous cross-cultural experiences, financial support from family, an attitude of tolerance and patience. Support from friends and relatives and being optimistic played a major role. Implications of these findings for the development and organization of counseling services for Somali and other refugees in Malaysia are discussed.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah Noor , Mohamed Abdinoor
author_facet	Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah Noor , Mohamed Abdinoor
author_sort	Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah
title	Cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society
title_short	Cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society
title_full	Cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society
title_fullStr	Cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society
title_full_unstemmed	Cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society
title_sort	cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of somali refugees in malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/1/CULTURAL_EXPERIENCES%2C_CHALLENGES_AND_COPING_STRATEGIES_OF_Refugees.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/2/Padang_-_Certificate.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/28587/3/Padang_-_Program.pdf
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Cultural experiences, challenges and coping strategies of Somali refugees in Malaysia: implications for cross-cultural counseling in a plural society

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