With more than 60 million people across the world displaced from their homes, the refugee crisis has been in the political limelight and prominent in academic conversations. With a focus on the salutogenic rather than the pathological effects of trauma, this research probed beyond refugees’ distressed psychological wellbeing by exploring contributory factors to refugees’ effective resettlement during the post-migration phase. In this small-scale study, participants were purposively selected. The mixed-methods approach led to the assessment of refugees’ post-traumatic growth and a qualitative investigation of their narrative writings on hope. Adopting a psychological lens, the article critically considers Charles Snyder’s theoretical framework on ‘hope’ and its tenets, namely ‘Goals’, ‘Pathways’, ‘Agency’, ‘Barriers’ and ‘Thoughts & Feelings’, by employing it freshly in a new context and extending the framework in light of refugees’ successful adaptation and integration into society. The research findings endorse the value of developing a hopeful disposition as key to refugees’ acculturation, empowerment and post-traumatic growth.

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充满希望：探索难民的创伤后成长和希望的动力

全世界有超过 6000 万人流离失所，难民危机一直是政治的焦点，并在学术讨论中备受关注。本研究重点关注创伤的健康影响而非病理影响，通过探索难民在移民后阶段有效重新安置的促成因素，探讨了难民痛苦的心理健康之外的问题。在这项小规模研究中，参与者是有目的地选择的。混合方法导致对难民创伤后成长的评估和对他们关于希望的叙述性著作的定性调查。本文采用心理学视角，批判性地考虑了查尔斯·斯奈德关于“希望”的理论框架及其信条，即“目标”、“途径”、“能动性”、“障碍”和“思想与感受”，通过在新的背景下重新采用它并根据难民成功适应和融入社会来扩展框架。研究结果认可了培养充满希望的性格的价值，这是难民适应、赋权和创伤后成长的关键。