Character Strengths as Coping Strategies for Daily Challenges: A Qualitative Study Among Adult Refugees.

ABSTRACT: Character strengths are positive traits and qualities that are an integral part of an individual's personality. These strengths can function as protective factors against mental disorders by providing traumatized refugees with resources and tools to cope with stressors and daily challenges. The purpose of the current study was to explore the role of character strengths of refugees in the Netherlands in their problem-focused and/or emotional-focused coping strategies to deal with daily challenges. We interviewed 26 refugees who attained a temporary asylum residence permit and who lived in an asylum seeker center (AZC) or a municipality in the Netherlands. Qualitative data analyses yielded five key character strengths, namely self-regulation, perseverance, gratitude, love of learning, and ho

SUBMITTER: Hendriks T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11954695 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature