The Impact of an Insecure Asylum Status on Mental Health of Adult Refugees in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Forcibly displaced people have a higher chance of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to people who have not experienced displacement. In addition to potentially traumatic events due to war, persecution, and flight, post-migration living stressors are an important influencing factor. Among these, an insecure asylum status is one of the main stressors with which forcibly displaced people must cope. The aim of this study was to investigate the additive effect of an insecure asylum status on PTSD symptomatology in refugees, over and above the influence of other pre- and peri-migration factors, in particular potentially traumatic event types reported and duration of stay in Germany.

Method

Two overlapping convenience samples of 177 and 65 adult r

SUBMITTER: Boettcher VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9667345 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature