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SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2024

'Now I Have Dreams in Place of the Nightmares': An Updated Systematic Review of Post-Traumatic Growth Among Refugee Populations.

Grace Sultani, Milena Heinsch, Jessica Wilson, Phillip Pallas, Campbell Tickner, Frances Kay-Lambkin

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Synthesis in Trauma, violence & abuse, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Grace SultaniUniversity of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9403-9541
Milena HeinschUniversity of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.
Jessica WilsonUniversity of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.
Phillip PallasUniversity of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.
Campbell TicknerUniversity of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.
Frances Kay-LambkinUniversity of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trauma exposure places refugees at serious risk of developing mental health difficulties. However, research also recognizes that refugees can respond to trauma with psychological development and growth, commonly referred to as post-traumatic growth (PTG). An updated systematic review was conducted to investigate PTG across different refugee populations, including the processes that mediate this phenomenon, and the use of therapy in promoting PTG. A systematic search of CINAHL Complete, Proquest 5000, PsychINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science was performed to identify studies exploring PTG in refugee populations, published between June 2013 and November 2021. In all, 26 studies met the inclusion criteria for this review. Quantitative results reveal a positive correlation between PTG and religious commitment and coping, and the effectiveness of narrative and community-based interventions in facilitating PTG. Qualitative results facilitate insight into the complex ways refugees find meaning and strength after trauma through religion, comparison-based thinking, helping others, and storytelling. Findings highlight the need for future research and interventions to recognize the distinct PTG experiences of different refugee populations.

Indexed as

Posttraumatic Growth, PsychologicalRefugeesStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticDreamsHumansMental Healthcopingpositive transformationpost-traumatic growthrefugeestrauma

Identifiers

PMID37097092
PMCPMC10666490

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