Posttraumatic stress disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity among Syrian refugees: the role of trauma exposure, trauma centrality, self-efficacy and emotional suppression.

Autor: Chung MC; Department of Educational Psychology, Ho Tim Building, Faculty of Education, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong., AlQarni N; Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE., AlMazrouei M; Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE., Al Muhairi S; Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE., Shakra M; Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden., Mitchell B; Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE., Al Mazrouei S; Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE., Al Hashimi S; Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England) [J Ment Health] 2021 Dec; Vol. 30 (6), pp. 681-689. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 23.
DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2020.1755023
Abstrakt: Background: The devastation of the Syrian war can lead to a drastic re-evaluation of oneself and alteration in self-capacities. Yet, little is known regarding its impact on these domains among Syrian refugees.
Aims: To investigate the inter-relationship between trauma characteristics, trauma centrality, self-efficacy, emotional suppression, PTSD and psychiatric co-morbidity among Syrian refugees.
Methods: 1197 refugees from Turkey and Sweden completed the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, General Health Questionnaire-28, Centrality of Event Scale, Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale and Courtauld Emotional Control Scale.
Results: Using the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD from the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, 43% met the criteria. The PTSD group reported significantly higher levels of trauma characteristics, trauma centrality and psychiatric co-morbidity but a lower level of self-efficacy than the non-PTSD group. Trauma characteristics were positively associated with trauma centrality; trauma centrality was negatively correlated with self-efficacy. Contrary to hypothesis, self-efficacy was positively correlated with emotional suppression which was positively correlated with psychiatric co-morbidity but not PTSD.
Conclusions: The experience of war can lead to the emergence of PTSD among Syrian refugees. Exposure to war can alter self-perception, belief of personal mastery over one's future and the way emotion is expressed, all of which can have specific effects on general psychological symptoms.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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