Mental Health and Social Adjustment in Young Refugee Children y 3½ Years After Their Arrival in Sweden

Almqvist, Kjerstin; Broberg, Anders

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“…Symptom levels did not differ significantly from the level among young Canadians of the same age. In a study of 50 Iranian preschool children in Sweden (164)(165)(166), 84% of the parents experienced their children as having improved by the time of the second study, although 21% were diagnosed with PTSD in both cases (60).…”

Section: Mental Health In Young Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Networks of friends, supporting institutions and groups, such as schools, can be deciding factors for whether refugees and immigrants will be able to cope with life in the new society (164,181,182). In a recent national household probability sample in the US, it was found that witnessing violence in the family or in the local community was a predictor for PTSD and depression (that is, primarily internalizing reactions), independent of age, sex, ethnicity, income and other traumatic experiences.…”

Section: Mental Health In Young Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Trauma, exile and mental health in young refugees

Montgomery¹

2011

Acta Psychiatr Scand

166

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Montgomery E. Trauma, exile and mental health in young refugees.Objective: To review evidence of trauma and exile‐related mental health in young refugees from the Middle East.Method: A review of four empirical studies: i) a qualitative study of 11 children from torture surviving families, ii) a cohort study of 311 3–15‐year‐old asylum‐seeking children, iii) a qualitative study of 14 members of torture surviving families and iv) a follow‐up study of 131 11–23‐year‐old refugees.Results: The reactions of the children were not necessarily post‐traumatic stress disorder specific. Seventy‐seven per cent suffered from anxiety, sleep disturbance and/or depressed mood at arrival. Sleep disturbance (prevalence 34%) was primarily predicted by a family history of violence. At follow‐up, 25.9% suffered from clinically relevant psychological symptoms. Traumatic experiences before arrival and stressful events in exile predicted internalizing behaviour, witnessing violence and frequent school changes in exile predicted externalizing behaviour. School participation, Danish friends, language proficiency and mother’s education predicted less long‐term psychological problems.Conclusion: Psychological problems are frequent in refugee children, but the extents are reduced over time in exile. Traumatic experience before arrival is most important for the short‐term reaction of the children while aspects of life in exile are important for the children’s ability to recover from early traumatization.

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Section: Mental Health In Young Refugeesmentioning

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Section: Mental Health In Young Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trauma, exile and mental health in young refugees

Montgomery¹

2011

Acta Psychiatr Scand

166

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“…This may be partly because, in the absence of the family, the children will be deprived of many supports including access to social resources and facilities, education and proper immigration conditions and etc. ; On the other hand, children whose parents were employed or had enjoyed appropriate economic and social conditions prior to the disaster and migration would suffer from adverse psychological effects due to loss of the previous comfortable situation [25][26][27][28].…”

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Review Paper: Mental Health Challenges in Immigrant and Refugee Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Keykaleh

Jahangiri

Tabatabaie

2017

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Background:Half of the world's refugees comprise children and adolescents. Confronting conflicts and difficulties before, during, and after migration and seeking asylum affect their mental health. The present study aimed at investigating the challenges of mental health of migrant and refugee adolescents and children. Materials and Methods:A systematic review was conducted in the second half of 2016 using PubMed, Scopus, Magiran, SID, and Google Scholar databases. From the 2014 studies initially selected, 20 articles that specifically attended to examining the mental health of migrant and refugee adolescents and children were finally extracted. Results:According to previous studies, the refugee adolescents and children encounter much harm. In addition to psychological disorders such as depression, anxiety, post-trauma stress disorder and psychosomatic pains, this group of refugees also suffers from a decline in flexibility and behavioral and cognitive functions. These conditions have been reported more often in refugee adolescents and children who have been separated from their parents or left far away from them. Conclusion:Before a crisis occurs, policymakers and planners should formulate and implement educational programs along with the participation of parents and teachers in order for children to cope with conditions of disasters, and in order to promote the culture of resilience. The health system, while developing special care programs must prioritize the training of its employees in order to provide services. Most studies have attended to the incidence of symptoms of refugees' psychological disorders, while it seems necessary to conduct intervention studies with the aim of identifying elements of risk and ways to resolve these elements.

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“…These contests can be both positive and negative, manifested through verbal and non-verbal communication. However, it has been estimated that as many as 40% of the migrant children experience forms of bullying, discrimination, and/or social exclusion from peers within their educational surroundings (Almqvist & Broberg, 1999) -worth (Almqvist & Broberg, 1999;Helmen Borge, 2010). Overall there seems to be a general acceptance of migrant children, yet there are signs of hostility and prejudice to be found underneath the surface .…”

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“…Generally, agenticmoral conduct and accepted behavior within their struggles. However, if and when the struggles involve other fields, and the agents are required to defend their subjective brief and subtle forms of non-physical aggression, subjugating migrant children not through physical harm but through impairment of self-worth (Almqvist & Broberg, 1999;. Those brief, commonplace, verbal and behavioral, intentional or unintentional, acts of hostility have been described as microaggressions (Wing Sue et al, 2007).…”

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‘Do you want this?’ Exploring newcomer migrant girls’ peer reception in Norwegian day care: Experiences with social exclusion through the exchange of self-made artefacts

Kalkman

Hopperstad

Valenta

2017

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

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SummaryNorway s population was in April 2016 estimated to be 5 223 300 persons (SSB, 2016b). The Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDI), estimated that in 2015, 13% of the entire Norwegian population were people with a migration background (IMDI, 2016); many of these being preschool aged children. With 90.4% of all children between the ages of 1 and 5 participating in day care (SSB, 2016a); many migrant children are represented among the day care population. Even though the body of research in relation to diasporic, migrant and mobile childhoods is growing, there are reasons to be critical as much of it fails to capture the situated and contextualised nature of newcomer migrant children s negotiations of identity, home and belonging .In Norway, early childhood day care is promoted as one of the best integrational arenas in which migrant children (including those seeking asylum and refugees) can receive early intervention aimed at easing their transition into future school and society. However, with an intervention focus on future integration, entering an ethnic and culturally diverse early childhood environment, such as day care, can be cha llenging for many reasons. Accessing peer group interaction, whether play or other forms of social interaction, and becoming socially included, presupposes competencies that exceed the basic linguistic ability of saying hello .At an overall level, this thesis positions itself within the tradition of social work, addressing day care as an integrational and environment for newcomer migrant girls. The research approach is anchored within the interpretivist/constructionist research paradigm and in line with the underlying principles of the sociology of childhood. The theoretical background draws on but is not limited to sociology, cultu ral studies and social With particular interest on how, in everyday life, newcomer children s personal problems are interlaced with structural issues , the thesis highlights the complexity of in particular ii these two girls everyday social struggles, adapting to a highly dynamic and evolving environment. This thesis reveals the girls as being active participants in their multilayered and complex transition s characterised by continuous negotiations of identity, home and belonging.The overarching aim of this thesis is to contribute to the early childhood migration discourse, using its findings as a means to strengthen the care environment for newcomer migrant children and building respect for childhood diversity. Through detailed qualitative analysis of small sample sizes of selected empirical data, the data are used to illustrate aspects of the two newcomer girls everyday worlds. The four articles written for and presented within the thesis address the intersection between what facilitated the girls integration and inclusion in everyday social reality by highlighting how equal opportunities for integration and inclusion depended on not only the girls ability to negotiate identity, home and belonging with both peers and practiti...

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Mental Health and Social Adjustment in Young Refugee Children y 3½ Years After Their Arrival in Sweden

Cited by 166 publications

References 16 publications

Trauma, exile and mental health in young refugees

Trauma, exile and mental health in young refugees

Review Paper: Mental Health Challenges in Immigrant and Refugee Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

‘Do you want this?’ Exploring newcomer migrant girls’ peer reception in Norwegian day care: Experiences with social exclusion through the exchange of self-made artefacts

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