Resilience and adjustment trajectories amongst children in displacement-affected communities in Zarqa, Jordan.

ABSTRACT: The experiences of protracted conflict and displacement are clear threats to children's developmental progress. Understanding the factors that shape the trajectories of children's well-being and adjustment in such contexts is important for informing interventions. We collected data at three time points from a sample of Syrian refugee and Jordanian children (n=650) residing in Zarqa, Jordan who met eligibility criteria for humanitarian programming. We assessed primary outcomes of protection concerns, caregiver stress, mental health, and developmental assets at three time points: baseline (T1), three months later (T2), and fifteen months after baseline (T3). Over the fifteen-month study period (T1-T3) child protection concerns and mental health symptoms improved, caregiver stress remained co

SUBMITTER: Hermosilla S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8813053 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature