Predictors of psychological risk and resilience among Syrian refugee children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

War-exposed refugee children are at elevated risk for mental health problems, but a notable proportion appear resilient. We aimed to investigate the proportion of Syrian refugee children who can be considered resilient, and applied a novel approach to identify factors predicting individual differences in mental health outcomes following war exposure.

Methods

The sample included 1,528 war-exposed Syrian refugee children and their primary caregiver living in refugee settlements in Lebanon. Children were classed as having low symptoms (LS) if they scored below clinically validated cut-offs for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and externalising behaviour problems. Children scoring above any cut-off were classified as having high symptoms (HS). Each LS

SUBMITTER: Popham CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9813798 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature