The role of environmental sensitivity in the mental health of Syrian refugee children: a multi-level analysis.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with high environmental sensitivity have nervous systems that are disproportionately receptive to both the protective and imperilling aspects of the environment, suggesting their mental health is strongly context-dependent. However, there have been few consolidated attempts to examine putative markers of sensitivity, across different levels of analysis, within a single cohort of individuals with high-priority mental health needs. Here, we examine psychological (self-report), physiological (hair hormones) and genetic (polygenic scores) markers of sensitivity in a large cohort of 1591 Syrian refugee children across two waves of data. Child-caregiver dyads were recruited from informal tented settlements in Lebanon, and completed a battery of psychological instruments at baseline a

SUBMITTER: May AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11449786 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature