Role of resilience in general health and mental wellbeing among Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This pilot study explored the challenges experienced by Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the role of resilience in general health and mental wellbeing.

Methods

This was a mixed methods cross-sectional study conducted in the cities of Beirut and Tripoli in Lebanon. Two hundred Syrian and Palestinian refugees were surveyed and 20 of them participated in in-depth interviews. Descriptive statistics summarized the demographic characteristics, depression, anxiety, resilience, somatic symptoms, and technological use. Associations between resilience and depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms were measured by calculating Pearson correlation coefficients and Spearman's rank correlation coefficients. Inductive and deductive coding and analysis was used in qu

SUBMITTER: Usta J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11908023 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature