St. Louis County officer honored for his work in the Bosnian community
When he was 17, Emir Hadzic moved to the United States to escape the war in his native Bosnia. “St. Louis County Police Department assigned me to Affton for a smart reason,” says Hadzic, an officer in the department. “There’s a number of police officers who speak Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian assigned to the South […]
UMSL alumnus stands out in his St. Louis County precinct as the only Bosnian-speaking officer
These days, Adis Fajic patrols the same streets where he grew up as he works the overnight shift for the St. Louis County Police Department. The job has him making regular drives past houses he once called home in south county, and he regularly runs into familiar faces among an enclave of fellow Bosnian immigrants who settled there […]
The Influence of Personal Predispositions on BosnianRefugees’ Resettlement Process
Wai Hsien Cheah, Ajlina Karamehic-Muratovic, Hisako Matsuo, Alma Poljarevic, Abstract The goal of this study was to examine the influence of personal predispositions on refugees’ resettlement process. The relationship among the participants’ motivation to learn about the U.S. culture, ethnic proximity, self-esteem, locus of control, intercultural willingness to communicate, functional fitness, psychological health, and ethnic […]
The Influence of Environmental Factors on BosnianRefugees’ Resettlement Process
Wai Hsien Cheah, Ajlina Karamehic-Muratovic, Hisako Matsuo, and Alma Poljarevic Abstract While Cheah, Karamehic-Muratovic, Matsuo, and Poljarevic (2008) examined theorems 1 through 6 of Kim’s (2001) Integrative Theory of Communication and Cross-Cultural Adaptation, this current study tested theorems 7 through 12 using data from 67 Bosnian refugees living in St. Louis, Missouri. A convenience sample […]
Coffee and Cigarettes: An Assessment of theBosnian Immigrant Community
Viviane McKay, Stephanie Herbers, Nancy Mueller, Ilina Moreno, Jenine Harris Background When war broke out in Bosnia‐Herzegovina in 1992, many Bosnian refugees resettled in St. Louis, Missouri. The region now has between 50,000 and 70,000 Bosnians, the largest population outside of the country of Bosnia‐Herzegovina. They have brought growth and revitalization to St. Louis along […]
Practical Adaptations of Cognitive Processing Therapy with Bosnian Refugees: Implications for Adapting Practice to a Multicultural Clientele
Priscilla M. Schulz, L. Christian Huber, Patricia A. Resick Abstract Recent findings suggest that established psychological treatments for PTSD are effective for diverse populations, including war refugees who have experienced multiple and severe losses, deprivations, hardships, and atrocities. Treating non-English-speaking traumatizedrefugees requires the clinician to overcome linguistic and various cultural dissimilarities with clients that complicate […]