A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps

Scharpf, Florian; Mkinga, Getrude; Masath, Faustine Bwire; Hecker, Tobias

A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps

Scharpf F, Mkinga G, Masath FB, Hecker T (2020)
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01649-7

URN

urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29459845

Autor*in

Scharpf, Florian^UniBi; Mkinga, Getrude; Masath, Faustine Bwire; Hecker, Tobias^UniBi

Einrichtung

Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft > Abteilung für Psychologie > Arbeitseinheit 11 - Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Abstract / Bemerkung

Abstract Children and adolescents’ mental health risk and resilience arise from a complex interplay of factors on several socio-ecological levels. However, little is known about the factors that shape the mental health of refugee youth living in refugee camps close to ongoing conflict. We conducted a cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 217 Burundian refugee children aged 7–15 and their mothers residing in refugee camps in Tanzania to investigate associations between risk, protective and promotive factors from various ecological levels (individual, microsystem, exosystem), and children’s post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, internalizing and externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior. Data were collected using structured clinical interviews and analyzed using multiple regression models. Exposure to violence across all contexts and engagement coping were risk factors for PTSD symptoms and internalizing problems, while only violence by mothers seemed to increase children’s vulnerability for externalizing problems. A differential impact of violence exposures on prosocial behavior was observed. Higher-quality friendships appeared to protect youth from PTSD symptoms and externalizing problems, while they also promoted children’s prosocial behavior, just as mothers’ social support networks. Prevention and intervention approaches should integrate risk, protective and promotive factors for refugee youth’s mental health across multiple ecological contexts and take into account context-specific and adaptive responses to war and displacement.

Stichworte

Pediatrics; Perinatology; and Child Health; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental health; General Medicine

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Zeitschriftentitel

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Urheberrecht / Lizenzen

Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)

ISSN

1018-8827

eISSN

1435-165X

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https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2945984

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Scharpf F, Mkinga G, Masath FB, Hecker T. A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2020.

Scharpf, F., Mkinga, G., Masath, F. B., & Hecker, T. (2020). A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. doi:10.1007/s00787-020-01649-7

Scharpf, Florian, Mkinga, Getrude, Masath, Faustine Bwire, and Hecker, Tobias. 2020. “A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps”. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Scharpf, F., Mkinga, G., Masath, F. B., and Hecker, T. (2020). A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Scharpf, F., et al., 2020. A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

F. Scharpf, et al., “A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps”, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2020.

Scharpf, F., Mkinga, G., Masath, F.B., Hecker, T.: A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. (2020).

Scharpf, Florian, Mkinga, Getrude, Masath, Faustine Bwire, and Hecker, Tobias. “A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps”. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2020).

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