Personality and Psychopathology in African Unaccompanied Refugee Minors: Repression, Resilience and Vulnerability
| Autor: | Max H. Friedrich, Belinda Plattner, Niranjan S. Karnik, Keith Humphreys, Katherine Denny, Julia Huemer, Michaela Mitterer, Hans Steiner, Elisabeth Granditsch, Richard J. Shaw, Sabine Völkl-Kernstock |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Repression Psychology Black People Poison control Life Change Events Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological Self-destructive behavior Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Personality Psychiatry media_common Refugees Aggression Mental Disorders Resilience Psychological Minors Psychiatry and Mental health Distress Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Happiness Female Self Report Psychological resilience medicine.symptom Psychology Social Adjustment Psychopathology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 44:39-50 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3327 0009-398X |
| Popis: | Examining personality and psychopathological symptoms among unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs), we measured intra-individual dimensions (repression and correlates thereof) usually associated with resilience. Forty-one URMs completed the Weinberger Adjustment Inventory (WAI), assessing personality, and the Youth Self-Report (YSR), describing current symptoms. URMs endorsed high levels of Repressive Defensiveness, Denial of Distress, and Restraint; unexpectedly, URMs reported high Distress and reduced Happiness (WAI, p's < 0.05). Although YSR symptoms were below clinical cut points, there were notable correlations between Distress and Attention Problems, Self-destructive, and Aggressive Behavior (all on the YSR), correcting for multiple comparisons (p's < 0.004). URMs exposed to non-normative stressors reported non-symptomatic outcomes, and high levels of personality dimensions correlating with resilience. However, URMs also endorsed high Distress and low Happiness, calling their resilience into question. Positive correlations between WAI Distress and YSR symptom subscales suggest that URMs harbor vulnerabilities of clinical and forensic significance. |
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