Mental health of Somali adolescent refugees: The role of trauma, stress, and perceived discrimination
Mental health of Somali adolescent refugees: The role of trauma, stress, and perceived discrimination
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-006x.76.2.184
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发表时间：
2008-04-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Cabral, Howard J.
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作者：
Ellis, B. Heidi;MacDonald, Helen Z.;Cabral, Howard J.
本研究的主要目的是检验创伤暴露、安置后压力源、感知歧视、和心理健康症状的索马里青少年难民重新安置在美国。参与者是讲英语的索马里青少年难民之间的11和20岁（N = 135）谁已经重新安置在美国。参与者进行了采访电池，包括自我，报告工具，包括加州大学洛杉矶分校创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）指数，战争创伤筛查量表，每天的歧视规模，青少年战后依恋规模，和适应性麻烦清单。结果表明，累积性创伤与PTSD和抑郁症状有关。此外，安置后的压力，文化适应压力，和感知歧视也与更大的创伤后应激障碍症状后，占创伤，人口和移民变量。在考虑了创伤、人口统计学和移民变量后，在美国重新安置的年数和感知到的歧视与抑郁症状显著相关。进一步的研究阐明安置后的压力，歧视和难民青少年的心理健康之间的关系，可以告知干预措施的发展。
The primary purpose of this study was to examine relations between trauma exposure, post-resettlement stressors, perceived discrimination, and mental health symptoms in Somali adolescent refugees resettled in the U.S. Participants were English-speaking Somali adolescent refugees between the ages of 11 and 20 (N = 135) who had resettled in the U.S. Participants were administered an interview battery comprising self-report instruments that included the UCLA Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Index, the War Trauma Screening Scale, the Every Day Discrimination scale, the Adolescent Post-War Adversities Scale, and the Acculturative Hassles Inventory. Results indicated that cumulative trauma was related to PTSD and depression symptoms. Further, post-resettlement stressors, acculturative stressors, and perceived discrimination were also associated with greater PTSD symptoms after accounting for trauma, demographic, and immigration variables. Number of years since resettlement in the US and perceived discrimination were significantly related to depressive symptoms, after accounting for trauma, demographic, and immigration variables. Further research elucidating the relations between post-resettlement stressors, discrimination, and mental health of refugee adolescents may inform intervention development.