2011
Understanding Culture, Resilience, and Mental Health: The Production of Hope
Panter-Brick C, Eggerman M. Understanding Culture, Resilience, and Mental Health: The Production of Hope. 2011, 369-386. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0586-3_29.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPursuit of honorSocial policyStructural disadvantageCultural dictatesFamily unityAfghan familiesMoral orderCultural milestonesCultural valuesMental healthFamily relationshipsLiving conditionsPsychosocial resilienceProtective resourcesWar-related traumaPoor mental healthUndue expectationsResilienceCrowded living conditionsExtraordinary aspectsCore facetsResource provisionSimplistic viewTraumatic experiencesAdult caregivers
2010
Suffering, hope, and entrapment: Resilience and cultural values in Afghanistan
Eggerman M, Panter-Brick C. Suffering, hope, and entrapment: Resilience and cultural values in Afghanistan. Social Science & Medicine 2010, 71: 71-83. PMID: 20452111, PMCID: PMC3125115, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial aspirationsCultural valuesKey cultural valuesSense of adversityWar-affected areasEnded questionnaireInductive thematic approachSchool-based surveyEthnographic workStructural inequalitiesBroken economyCultural dictatesSocial orderBody of workSocial inequalitiesThematic approachPersistent violencePervasive povertyConflict settingsEconomic mobilityFamily unitySocial expectationsCulture functionsPublic health policyEconomic impediments