ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2019
Alone, but protected? Effects of social support on mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors.
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- Systematic review on somatization in a transcultural context among teenagers and young adults: Focus on the nosography blur.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
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- When does social support help? Differential effects on the relationship between post-migration stress and internalizing symptoms in young male refugees and immigrant-origin peers from the Middle East.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- "The wind does not go the way the ship wants!": stress and social support in Syrian migrant adolescents.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
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- Health-Related Quality of Life Among Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Settled in a Norwegian Municipality.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Caring for the mental health of Afghan refugee youth through a decolonial paradigm: A qualitative analysis of distress, coping mechanisms, and priorities for treatment.American journal of community psychology · 2025Article
- Quality of life in unaccompanied young refugees: the role of traumatic events, post-migration stressors and mental distress.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Trajectories of mental health problems in unaccompanied young refugees in Germany and the impact of post-migration factors - a longitudinal study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Mental Health of Host and Refugee Youth in the Turkish Education System: The Role of Daily Material Stress, Well-Being, Social Support and Resilience.Journal of community psychology · 2025Article
- Comparison of psychological distress, loneliness, and social network structure between Ukrainian war refugees and Polish citizens: a cross-sectional study in Wroclaw.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Posttraumatic stress among refugees: The moderating effect of perceived social support.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- Tentative Causes of Brain and Neuropsychological Alterations in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence.Brain sciences · 2024Review
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- Peer relationships, adolescent anxiety, and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model in Turkish and syrian samples.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Effect of area-level socioeconomic deprivation on mental and physical health: A longitudinal natural experiment among refugees in Germany.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Cluster analysis of prolonged grief, posttraumatic stress, and depression symptoms in bereaved asylum seekers and refugees.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) are the most vulnerable group of refugees suffering from higher levels of mental health problems. Yet, there is also a group of URM with little or no symptoms or disorders. A major predictor for positive mental health outcomes is the social support network in the post-flight period which has rarely been investigated for the group of URM. The present study analyzes differences between perceived social support from family, peers, and adult mentors in URM, with subgroup analyses of peer and mentor support in URM with and without family contact. Furthermore, we investigate whether social support from each of the three sectors moderates the relationship between stressful life events (SLE) and mental health of URM with family contact. Questionnaire data were collected from 105 male URM from Syria and Afghanistan aged 14-19 years who were living in group homes of the Child Protection Services in Leipzig, Germany, in summer 2017. URM receive most social support from their families, followed by peers and adult mentors. URM without family contact received less peer and mentor support compared to URM with family contact. Lower social support from mentors increased the risk for PTSD, depression and anxiety symptoms after SLE, whereas lower social support from peers increased the association between SLE and anxiety symptoms. Mentor and peer support in the host country is relevant for the processing of SLE. URM without family contact represent a "double burden" group, as they might feel less supported by other social networks.
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