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Length of stay in asylum centres and mental health in asylum seekers: a retrospective study from Denmark

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2007
Background The length of stay in asylum centres is generally mentioned as a possible health risk to asylum seekers. Medical staff working with asylum seekers has claimed that long lengths of stay in asylum centres might cause or aggravate mental ...
Stæhr Mia A   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The flexible, the stereotyped and the in‐between: putting together the combinatory tool use origins hypothesis

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherited tool use specialisation can exhibit flexibility, while tool use that is spontaneously innovated can be limited in its expression and facilitated
Jennifer A. D. Colbourne   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Upon the Limits of Rights Regimes”: Reception Conditions of Asylum Seekers in the Republic of Ireland

open access: yesRefuge, 2007
Only in recent years has Ireland had to deal with appreciable numbers of asylum seekers coming to her shores. The reception of asylum seekers awaiting determination of refugee claims has drastically altered in that period. From inclusion to exclusion has
Liam Thornton
doaj   +1 more source

Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Societies undergo constant change, manifested in various ways such as technological developments, economic transitions, reorganization of cultural values and beliefs, or changes in social structures. Individuals play an active role in shaping social and societal change by interactively negotiating its manifestation.
Adrian Lüders   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Art and the asylum seeker: effects on public attitudes of viewing paintings created by individuals applying for political asylum in the UK

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
The purpose of the current research was to examine possibilities for assuaging public hostility towards asylum seekers by showing members of the public paintings completed by asylum seekers.
Roger Bennett, Rohini Vijaygopal
doaj   +1 more source

The Experiences of African Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Manchester, United Kingdom

open access: yesMediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2019
Objective: To explore the experiences of African asylum seekers and refugees in Manchester, UK. The study also identifies the reasons why African asylum seekers and refugees came to the UK and the problems they faced.
Clara Toyin Fatoye, Francis Fatoye
doaj   +1 more source

Empathy, Perceived Injustice and Solidarity‐Based Action: Observer Responses to Civilian Suffering in Military Conflicts

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global conflicts intensify, observers without direct conflict experience are increasingly exposed to war‐related suffering through media coverage, yet little is known about how such exposure shapes emotional and behavioural responses or how support for different affected civilian groups is distributed.
Islam Borinca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transition from an asylum seeker–specific health service to mainstream primary care for community-based asylum seekers: a qualitative interview study

open access: yesPublic Health Research & Practice, 2018
Background and aim: Transition of asylum seekers from special-purpose health services to mainstream primary care is both necessary and difficult. This study explores the issues encountered by asylum seekers undergoing this transition in Sydney, Australia.
Genevieve L Fair   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do Institutions Make Street‐Level Bureaucrats Prosocial? Agent‐Based Evidence Shows That New Public Management Does Not

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Does street‐level bureaucrats' (SLBs) willingness to sacrifice their own self‐interests to meet the needs of their clients vary depending on their contexts? To date, it has been very challenging to empirically examine how SLBs who have different orientations toward social values might act in different institutional and administrative contexts.
Nissim Cohen, Teddy Lazebnik
wiley   +1 more source

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