A systematic review of socio-ecological factors contributing to risk and protection of the mental health of refugee children and adolescents

F Scharpf, E Kaltenbach, A Nickerson… - Clinical Psychology …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past decade, millions of children and adolescents have been forced to flee from
protracted or newly erupted violent conflicts. Forcibly displaced children are particularly …

Posttraumatic stress disorder in refugees

RA Bryant, A Nickerson, N Morina… - Annual review of clinical …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The number of refugees and internally displaced people in 2022 is the largest since World
War II, and meta-analyses demonstrate that these people experience elevated rates of …

Annual Research Review: A multilevel bioecological analysis of factors influencing the mental health and psychosocial well‐being of refugee children

S Arakelyan, A Ager - Journal of Child Psychology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background This paper revisits the themes of an influential 1993 review regarding the
factors shaping the mental health and psychosocial well‐being of refugees to take stock of …

Vulnerabilities of Syrian refugee children in Turkey and actions taken for prevention and management in terms of health and wellbeing

E Sahin, TE Dagli, C Acarturk, FS Dagli - Child abuse & neglect, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Syrian crisis, which started in March 2011, has resulted in the
displacement of 6.3 million refugees predominantly to neighboring countries in addition to …

Child psychological adjustment to war and displacement: A discriminant analysis of resilience and trauma in Syrian refugee children

G Veronese, A Pepe, F Giordano - Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2021 - Springer
The ongoing war in Syria has led to the displacement of 12 million people since 2011, with
minors representing 40% of all refugees. Syrian children living in refugee camps are at risk …

Summer preschools for Syrian refugee and host community children in Turkey: A model of contextually sensitive early intervention

E Erdemir - Early Education and Development, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Research Findings: This study evaluated the impacts of the Summer Preschools
Program on 5-to-6-year-old Syrian refugee and local children from vulnerable communities …

Parent–child communication about potentially traumatic events: A systematic review

M Sloover, SEMJ Stoltz… - Trauma, Violence, & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Social support plays an important role in children's well-being after experiencing a
potentially traumatic event (PTE). One such source of support is the parent–child …

When all is at sea: Attachment insecurity as a mediator of risk in Tamil asylum-seeking children

L Ratnamohan, D Silove, S Mares… - Development and …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Limited data exists on the role of attachment in influencing the development and wellbeing
of refugee children. Herein we describe patterning and correlates of attachment in an …

Scaling the Children Immunization App (CIMA) to Support Child Refugees and Parents in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: a social capital approach to scale a …

YS Khader, W Maalouf, MA Khdair, M Al-Nsour… - Journal of Epidemiology …, 2022 - Springer
Background Children vaccination is a key intervention for their survival, especially among
refugees. Yet, children vaccination registration is done manually in refugees camps and …

Feasibility of group theraplay with refugee children in Turkey

S Eruyar, P Vostanis - Counselling and Psychotherapy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the evidence on the role of parental factors, especially attachment relationships, in
mediating complex trauma experienced by refugee children, there is limited evidence on the …