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ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2019

Long-term mental health in unaccompanied refugee minors: pre- and post-flight predictors.

Tine K Jensen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Elin Sofia Andersson, Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland

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Article in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 51 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tine K JensenDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Forskningsveien 3A, 0373, Oslo, Norway. tine.jensen@psykologi.uio.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0751-0228
Ane-Marthe Solheim SkarNorwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Gullhaugveien 1-3, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway.
Elin Sofia AnderssonNorwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Gullhaugveien 1-3, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway.
Marianne Skogbrott BirkelandNorwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Gullhaugveien 1-3, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2388-8474

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unaccompanied refugee minors are a particularly vulnerable group. The aim of this study is to increase our knowledge about possible pathways to well-being and integration for unaccompanied refugee minors as they strive to establish new lives in a host county. The present study followed a group of youth who fled to Norway without their caregivers at three time points; 6 months (n = 95; M age = 13.8, 80% boys), 2 years (n = 78; M age = 16.5, 83% boys), and 5 years (n = 47; M age 20.0, 83% boys) after arrival. Linear mixed effects models were used to assess whether age, gender, and trauma exposure prior to arrival were associated with levels and changes in symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTS), depression, anxiety, and externalizing symptoms over time. Regression analyses were conducted to examine whether daily hassles, perceived social support, and new trauma experiences predict PTS, internalization, externalization, and somatization. The mean levels of depression had decreased significantly at 5 years, but mean levels of anxiety, PTS, and externalizing symptoms did not. Females and severely trauma exposed had higher levels of symptoms. Higher age was associated with less change in symptoms of depression and posttraumatic stress over time. Five years after arrival, many still experienced clinical levels of mental health problems, and level of daily hassles was an important predictor. Support may be needed not only at arrival to handle mental health problems in general and posttraumatic stress in particular, but also after resettlement. Help to manage daily hassles may be especially important to ensure well-being and integration.

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AdolescentFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthMinorsRefugeesStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAsylum seekersDaily hasslesMental health trajectoriesSocial supportSomatic complaintsTrauma

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