With the global increase in the number of refugees and asylum seekers, mental health
professionals have become more aware of the need to understand and respond to the mental …

Two studies examined the influence of Eastern cultural heritage on relationship preferences
among second generation immigrants to the West, and explicitly tested the mediating roles …

Recent immigrants and refugees (newcomers) vary on many dimensions but do share similar
challenges. Newcomers must rebuild social networks to obtain needed social support but …

More people are currently displaced from their homes by war and conflict than ever previously
recorded, and many are displaced for decades. As a result, there is increasing interest in …

Three studies were conducted to explore the impact of scripted sociosexual norms on
women's contraceptive behavior. In Study 1, scripts of an initial sexual encounter written by 36 …

… Michaela Hynie Michaela Hynie is a social and cultural psychologist in the Department of
Psychology, York University, and the Associate Director of the York Institute for Health …

A large percentage of refugees have low levels of education and official language fluency
upon arrival in Canada. This paper discusses educational goals of newcomer refugee youth …

The present study examines cross-cultural differences in interpersonal closeness to
different people and whether these differences can be explained by independent and …

The effects of life stress, social support, cultural beliefs, and social norms on parenting
styles were examined for mainland Chinese (MC), Chinese Canadian (CC) and European …

Beginning in 2015, Canada undertook an exceptional undertaking of sponsoring of more
than 40,000 Syrian refugees to resettle in Canada. As the excitement of their initial arrivals …