ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Homesickness in asylum seekers: The role of mental health and migration-related factors.
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- Treating Young Refugees with a Grief-Focused Group Therapy-A Feasibility Trial.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The mental health and wellbeing of Belarusians in exile in Lithuania, Poland and Georgia.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- Research breakdowns: A constructive critique of research practice involving grief, trauma and displaced people.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Cluster analysis of prolonged grief, posttraumatic stress, and depression symptoms in bereaved asylum seekers and refugees.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Factors affecting the acculturation strategies of unaccompanied refugee minors in Germany.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Community resilience among Ukrainian refugees: what is the role of the host community in recovery from forced migration?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: While homesickness in refugees is a recurring theme in clinical practice, respective research in this population is scarce. The Objective: We aimed to explore homesickness in a refugee population and its association with mental health symptoms and migration-related factors. In addition, we wanted to evaluate the UHS's factor structure in a sample other than students. Methods: Individuals from different countries ( Results: The participants showed substantial levels of homesickness. We found a three-factor solution that implied distinct factors regarding (1) adjustment difficulties and loneliness, (2) ruminations about home, and (3) missing family and/or friends. The total homesickness score was associated with mental health but regression analyses with the three mean factor scores showed differential associations with mental health and migration-related variables. While adjustment difficulties and loneliness were-besides time since arrival in Germany-associated with mental health problems (depressive and posttraumatic stress symptoms), ruminating about home was predicted by migration-related variables (number of losses and asylum status). For the factor scores regarding missing family and/or friends, the regression model was not significant. Conclusion: The assessment of homesickness in refugee populations is feasible and of clinical importance, especially when distinguishing between separation distress and difficulties with adjusting to the new situation.
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