Predictors of risk and resilience to psychopathology in refugee youth: A longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: Refugee youth are at high risk for trauma-related disorders - outcomes not only the result of pre-migration trauma, but consequences of diverse post-migration stressors. This study identified individual, parental, and environmental factors - some potentially modifiable - associated with trajectories of psychological risk and resilience in 291 Syrian and Iraqi refugee youth during resettlement in the U.S. Data was collected at arrival and at two follow-up visits up to 7 years post-arrival. Linear mixed modeling assessed predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression trajectories. Victimization trauma (i.e., assault) and lower maternal subjective social status predicted more severe PTSD (p = .046, f² = .07; p < .001, f²

SUBMITTER: Hinchey LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12752476 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature