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Comment
. 2021 May;62(5):510-513.
doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13403. Epub 2021 Mar 6.

Commentary: Deepening understanding of refugee children and adolescents using Bronfenbrenner's bioecological and PPCT models - A Commentary on Arakelyan and Ager (2020)

Sherrill W Hayes  1
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Commentary: Deepening understanding of refugee children and adolescents using Bronfenbrenner's bioecological and PPCT models - A Commentary on Arakelyan and Ager (2020)

Sherrill W Hayes. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 May.

Abstract

This commentary provides some context for issues highlighted in the article by Arakelyan & Ager (2020) and discusses potential implications of their analysis for theory, future research, practitioners, and policy makers. It discusses the current global scale of displacement, terminology surrounding refugees and asylum seekers, and the authors' analyses of Bronfenbrenner's bioecological and person-process-context-time (PPCT) models. It also identifies additional areas of research and potential implications for integrating theory, research, policy, and practice.

Keywords: Bronfenbrenner; Refugee; adolescents; asylum seeker; children.

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