Intergenerational trauma in forcibly-displaced populations in Latin America: a scoping review

Overlapping humanitarian crises make the Americas home to one in every five forcibly displaced or stateless persons worldwide. Although a robust body of literature describes the intergenerational effects of traumatic experiences related to forced displacement, evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and with Latinx groups is scarce and contains wide variations in operationalizations of intergenerational trauma, transmission mechanisms and coping strategies.

Key wordsTransgenerational Trauma

CountriesGlobal

CategoryPublication