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Trial reportThe International journal of social psychiatry2025

Trajectories of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and risk-protective factors in recently resettled refugees in the United States.

David T Lardier, Meredith A Blackwell, Jessica R Goodkind

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David T LardierDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Community Behavioral Health, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7236-2049
Meredith A BlackwellDepartment of Psychology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Jessica R GoodkindDepartment of Sociology and Criminology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Funding

Multilevel Community-Based Mental Health Intervention to Address Structural Inequities and Adverse Disparate Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic on Latinx Immigrants and African Refugees - SupplementR01MH127733 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI GOODKIND, JESSICA R · 2021 to 2025
$4.7M
Addressing Social Determinants to Reduce Refugee Mental Health DisparitiesR01MD007712 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI GOODKIND, JESSICA R · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD007712NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH127733
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRefugees face elevated risks of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to exposure to acute and chronic potentially traumatic events (PTEs) pre-, during, and post-migration. Early resettlement is a period of profound transition, marked by reduced acute trauma exposures but heightened chronic and daily stressors. Despite this, limited longitudinal research has examined PTSD symptom trajectories during the initial years of resettlement. PURPOSE: This study aimed to: (1) identify PTSD symptom trajectory subgroups using latent class trajectory modeling (LCTM), and (2) examine sociodemographic (e.g., age, sex, nationality) and psychosocial (e.g., social support, quality of life) factors influencing trajectory group membership through multilevel multinomial logistic regression (MMLR).

methodData were drawn from a longitudinal randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating a mental health intervention for 290 refugees (143 households) from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and the Great Lakes region of Africa. LCTM analyzed PTSD symptoms across four timepoints (TP), and MMLR analyses utilized the R package

resultsA five-class cubic latent model best fit the data. The reference group (

conclusionDistinct PTSD symptom trajectories were identified, with 18% of participants exhibiting concerning patterns. These findings underscore the importance of targeted interventions addressing social support, mental health, and contextual factors at individual, clinical, and policy levels to aid refugee resettlement.

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RefugeesStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdultFemaleHumansLatent Class AnalysisLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedProtective FactorsQuality of LifeRisk FactorsSocial SupportUnited StatesYoung Adultmental healthpost-migrationpost-traumatic stressprotective factorsRefugees

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PMCPMC12354195

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