Recruitment of child soldiers in Nepal: Mental health status and risk factors for voluntary participation of youth in armed groups.
Recruitment of child soldiers in Nepal: Mental health status and risk factors for voluntary participation of youth in armed groups.
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尼泊尔招募儿童兵：青年自愿参加武装团体的心理健康状况和风险因素。
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10.1037/pac0000170
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2016
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Jordans,MarkJD
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Kohrt,BrandonA;Yang,Minyoung;Rai,Sauharda;Bhardwaj,Anvita;Tol,WietseA;Jordans,MarkJD
防止非自愿征兵和青年自愿入伍加入武装团体是全球人权优先事项。自我报告自愿入伍的途径以及自愿入伍对心理健康的影响受到的关注有限。本研究的目的是确定自愿加入武装团体的风险因素，并测试征兵状况与心理健康之间的关系。在尼泊尔，我们对 258 名参加共产主义（毛主义）革命的前儿童兵进行了采访。这些儿童兵中 80% 是“自愿”加入的。女孩自愿加入的可能性是男孩的 2.07 倍（95% CI [1.03–4.16]，p=.04）。在女孩中，51% 的女孩表示由于与武装团体成员的个人关系而自愿加入，而男孩的这一比例为 22%。其他原因包括逃离困难的生活处境（36%）、无法实现其他生活目标（28%）以及武装团体的吸引人的理念（32%）。男孩（22%）比女孩（10%）更频繁地认可经济状况不佳。自愿入伍可以降低男孩患创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的风险，但对于女孩则不然。可以通过解决日常生活中的困难、确定实现生活目标的非暴力途径以及挑战武装团体的政治哲学来支持防止自愿与武装团体交往。在男孩中，解决经济风险因素可能会阻止招募，而针对女孩的预防工作需要解决与武装团体的个人联系，因为这对于防止通过社交媒体等新方法进行招募具有重要意义。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）
Preventing involuntary conscription and voluntary recruitment of youth into armed groups are global human-rights priorities. Pathways for self-reported voluntary recruitment and the impact of voluntary recruitment on mental health have received limited attention. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors for voluntarily joining armed groups, as well as to test association of conscription status and mental health. In Nepal, interviews were conducted with 258 former child soldiers who participated in a communist (Maoist) revolution. Of these child soldiers 80% joined “voluntarily.” Girls were 2.07 times more likely to join voluntarily than boys (95% CI [1.03–4.16], p=. 04). Among girls, 51% reported joining voluntarily because of personal connections to people who were members of an armed group, compared with 22% of boys. Other reasons included escaping difficult life situations (36%), inability to achieve other goals in life (28%), and an appealing philosophy of the armed group (32%). Poor economic conditions were more frequently endorsed among boys (22%) than girls (10%). Voluntary conscription was associated with decreased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among boys, but not for girls. Prevention of voluntary association with armed groups could be supported through attending to difficulties in daily life, identifying nonviolent paths to achieve life goals, and challenging the political philosophy of armed groups. Among boys, addressing economic risk factors may prevent recruitment, and prevention efforts for girls need to address personal connections to armed groups, as it has important implications for preventing recruitment through new methods, such as social media.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)