Social Support, Ethnic Identity and Resilience Among Burmese Adolescent Refugees

Burmese were the largest refugee communities to be resettled in the U.S. between 2000 to 2015. Guided by Bronfenbrenner’s (1989) ecological systems theory, the present study examined the role individual level factors (ethnic identity) and microsystemic factors (family and peer support), have in Burmese refugee adolescents’ resiliency.