Poor maternal mental health is associated with a low degree of proactive control in refugee children.

ABSTRACT: This study assesses the development of proactive control strategies in 100 Syrian refugee families (394 individuals) with 6- to 18-year-old children currently living in Turkish communities. The results demonstrate that children's age and their mothers' post-traumatic stress symptoms were associated with the degree of proactive control in their children, with worse mental health being associated with a larger reliance on reactive control and lesser reliance on proactive, future-oriented, control (measured via d' in the AX-CPT task). None of the following factors contributed to children's performance: fathers' experience with post-traumatic stress, parents' exposure to potentially traumatic war-related events, perceived discrimination, a decline in socio-economic status, religious beliefs, p

SUBMITTER: Gredeback G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11462783 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature