ArticleInternational journal of methods in psychiatric research2019
Developing a measure of adaptive stress arising from the psychosocial disruptions experienced by refugees based on a sample of displaced persons from West Papua.
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- Prevalence, predictors and associations of complex post-traumatic stress disorder with common mental disorders in refugees and forcibly displaced populations: a systematic review.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Pooled it
- An Integrative Adapt Therapy for common mental health symptoms and adaptive stress amongst Rohingya, Chin, and Kachin refugees living in Malaysia: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2020Trial
- A scoping review of mental health problems and associated psychological factors pertinent to young people in education in low-and middle-income countries.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The Relationship between Wellbeing, Self-Determination, and Resettlement Stress for Asylum-Seeking Mothers Attending an Ecosocial Community-Based Intervention: A Mixed-Methods Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV and DSM-5 Intermittent Explosive Disorder amongst Myanmar refugees living in Malaysia: a population-based study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2022Article
- A Naturalistic Evaluation of Group Integrative Adapt Therapy (IAT-G) with Rohingya Refugees During the Emergency Phase of a Mass Humanitarian Crisis in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.EClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
- Psychosocial mechanisms of change in symptoms of Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder amongst refugees from Myanmar over the course of Integrative Adapt Therapy.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2020Article
- Theoretical background, first stage development and adaptation of a novel Integrative Adapt Therapy (IAT) for refugees.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2019Article
- Developing a measure of adaptive stress arising from the psychosocial disruptions experienced by refugees based on a sample of displaced persons from West Papua.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe report the testing and refinement of the Adaptive Stress Index (ASI), a psychosocial assessment tool designed to measure the longer terms stressors of adapting to the psychosocial disruptions experienced by refugees.
methodsThe ASI is based on a theoretical model, the Adaptation and Development After Persecution and Trauma (ADAPT), which postulates that five psychosocial domains are disrupted by conflict and displacement, namely, safety and security, attachment, access to justice, roles and identities, and existential meaning. We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and item response theory (IRT) to shorten and refine the measure based on data obtained from 487 refugees participating in a household survey in Papua New Guinea (response rate: 85.8%).
resultsCFA allowed the exclusion of low loading items (<0.5) and locally dependent items. A good fit was found for single models representing each of the five ASI domains. A graded response IRT model identified items with the highest discrimination and information content in each of the five derived scales.
conclusionsThe analysis produced a shortened and refined ASI for use amongst refugee populations. The study offers a guide to adapting measures of stress for application to diverse populations exposed to mass conflict and refugee displacement.
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