ArticleConflict and health2023
Post-migration stressors, mental health and well-being in resettled refugees from Syria: Do individuals' coping strategies matter?
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- The prevalence of mental health disorders and stress coping strategies among forced migrants from Ukraine and Russia.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Post-migration stress mediates associations between potentially traumatic peri-migration experiences and mental health among Middle Eastern refugees in Germany.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Asylum-seeker women: Coping strategies and mental wellbeing.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2025Article
- Heterogeneity among Venezuelan migrants in terms of coping in the context of the population exodus from Venezuela.PloS one · 2025Article
- Navigating wellness through integration: coping strategies for depression among Syrian refugees in Norway.BMC psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe evidence is mixed as to whether individuals' coping strategies may mitigate the adverse mental health effects of post-displacement stressors in refugee populations, with some indications that the buffering effects of coping strategies are context dependent. The present study examined if problem-solving and acceptance coping strategies were effect modifiers between post-migration stressors and mental health in adult refugees from Syria resettled in Sweden.
methodsStudy aims were investigated using cross-sectional survey data from a nationwide, randomly sampled group of adult refugees from Syria granted permanent residency in Sweden between 2011 and 2013 (N
resultsBoth problem-solving and acceptance coping strategies buffered the adverse association between financial strain and symptoms of anxiety/depression, and problem-solving coping strategies buffered the adverse association between host-country competency strain and anxiety/depression.
conclusionsThe study suggests that individuals' coping strategies may to some degree buffer the adverse mental health effects of financial strain and host-country competency strain experienced by refugees in the resettlement phase. Although this pattern was only found in regard to anxiety/depression and not subjective well-being, the findings show that individual-level coping skills among refugees may contribute to adaptation in the face of post-settlement adversities. Notwithstanding the importance of attending to refugees' psychosocial conditions, refugees residing in refugee camps and newly resettled refugees might benefit from interventions aiming at enhancing individual coping resources and skills. The potential effect of increased controllability and decreased conflict-proximity also warrants further exploration in future studies.
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