ArticleCulture, medicine and psychiatry2018
Narratives of Agency and Capability from Two Adolescent Girls in Post-conflict Liberia.
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- Manifestations of Intergenerational Trauma During the Perinatal Period Among Adolescent Mothers in Lima, Peru: A Qualitative Analysis.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2023Article
- Orphans in post-conflict Liberia: Seeking care in fractured communities.Transcultural psychiatry · 2022Article
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Between 1989 and 2003, Liberia experienced a brutal civil war characterized by ethnic killings, sexual violence and the use of child soldiers. Five years after the war ended, half the population of Liberia was under 18 years old. Understanding the needs of these youth is thus essential to the recovery of the nation. This study focuses on the narratives of two female adolescents, selected from 75 in-depth individual interviews with post-conflict Liberian youth conducted in 2012. A narrative analysis approach was employed to examine each interview for multiple layers of meaning. The aim of the study was to elucidate factors that may enable post-conflict youth to reclaim a sense of agency and return to normal developmental tasks. The study explores the ways in which these youth navigate complicated power dynamics in the post-conflict setting and how gender impacts their experiences of their own agency and capability. The dynamics between the participants and the interviewer are explored to further illustrate how power dynamics manifest. These narratives support the involvement of youth in projects that help others as an avenue for promoting agency and resilience for themselves.
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