Impairments in psychological functioning in refugees and asylum seekers

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dc.authoridLantta, Tella/0000-0001-7715-7573|Sijbrandij, Marit/0000-0001-5430-9810|Churchill, Rachel/0000-0002-1751-0512|White, Ross/0000-0003-4026-6439|Walker, Lauren/0000-0003-2459-7860
dc.authorwosidWALKER, Lauren Ana/KIL-7055-2024
dc.authorwosidLantta, Tella/AAE-3516-2020
dc.authorwosidSijbrandij, Marit/N-6131-2018
dc.contributor.authorBaumgartner, Josef S.
dc.contributor.authorRenner, Antonia
dc.contributor.authorWochele-Thoma, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorWehle, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBarbui, Corrado
dc.contributor.authorPurgato, Marianna
dc.contributor.authorTedeschi, Federico
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:49:19Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:49:19Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractRefugees are at increased risk for developing psychological impairments due to stressors in the pre-, peri- and post-migration periods. There is limited knowledge on how everyday functioning is affected by migration experience. In a secondary analysis of a study in a sample of refugees and asylum seekers, it was examined how aspects of psychological functioning were differentially affected. 1,101 eligible refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and Turkiye were included in a cross-sectional analysis. Gender, age, education, number of relatives and children living nearby, as well as indicators for depressive and posttraumatic symptoms, quality of life, psychological well-being and functioning, and lifetime potentially traumatic events were assessed. Correlations and multiple regression models with World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) 12-item version's total and six subdomains' scores ('mobility', 'life activities', 'cognition', 'participation', 'self-care', 'getting along') as dependent variables were calculated. Tests for multicollinearity and Bonferroni correction were applied. Participants reported highest levels of impairment in 'mobility' and 'participation', followed by 'life activities' and 'cognition'. Depression and posttraumatic symptoms were independently associated with overall psychological functioning and all subdomains. History of violence and abuse seemed to predict higher impairment in 'participation', while past events of being close to death were associated with fewer issues with 'self-care'. Impairment in psychological functioning in asylum seekers and refugees was related to current psychological symptoms. Mobility and participation issues may explain difficulties arising after resettlement in integration and exchange with host communities in new contexts.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Commission [779255]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by the European Commission, grant agreement n. 779255 (RE-DEFINE: Refugee Emergency: DEFining and Implementing Novel Evidence-based psychosocial interventions).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1295031
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.pmid38259575en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85182700166en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1295031
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/8173
dc.identifier.volume14en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001152980600001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Media Saen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Psychologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectPsychological Functioningen_US
dc.subjectRefugee Mental Healthen_US
dc.subjectPost-Migration Stressorsen_US
dc.subjectTraumaen_US
dc.subjectWhodas 2.0en_US
dc.subjectParticipationen_US
dc.subjectPosttraumatic-Stress-Disorderen_US
dc.subjectMental-Healthen_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.subjectValidityen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectTraumaen_US
dc.subjectImpacten_US
dc.titleImpairments in psychological functioning in refugees and asylum seekersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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