Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dev Psychopathol. 2010 May;22(2):477-89. doi: 10.1017/S0954579410000180.
The aim of the present study was to assess and understand the long-term trajectory of psychological problems among young Middle Eastern refugees in Denmark. Participants were 131 young refugees from the Middle East (76 girls, 55 boys; mean age = 15.3 years) from 67 families. They were assessed first on arrival in Denmark in 1992-1993 and again 8-9 years later. The high prevalence of psychological problems at arrival was considerably reduced by the time of follow-up, but it was still somewhat higher than what has been found in most community studies using the same assessment tools. Groups of children differed in showing low levels of symptoms at arrival that were stable (spared) or increased (reacting) and high levels at arrival that persisted (traumatized) or decreased (adapted). The number of types of traumatic experiences before arrival distinguished the spared and the traumatized young refugees and the number of types of stressful events after arrival the adapted and the traumatized, also after corrections for age, sex, specific traumatic events, parents' education and health, and the social situation of the young refugees. The study emphasizes the importance of environmental factors for healthy long-term adaptation after traumatic experiences related to war and other organized violence.
本研究旨在评估和了解丹麦中东年轻难民的长期心理问题轨迹。参与者是来自中东的 131 名年轻难民（76 名女孩，55 名男孩；平均年龄=15.3 岁），来自 67 个家庭。他们于 1992-1993 年抵达丹麦时首次接受评估，8-9 年后再次接受评估。抵达时存在的高比例心理问题在随访时已大大减少，但仍略高于使用相同评估工具在大多数社区研究中发现的水平。在抵达时表现出低水平症状（稳定或增加）和高水平症状（持续或减少）的儿童群体存在差异。抵达前创伤经历的类型数量可以区分出未受创伤和受创伤的年轻难民，抵达后压力事件的类型数量可以区分出适应和受创伤的年轻难民，这也是在考虑了年龄、性别、特定创伤事件、父母的教育和健康状况以及年轻难民的社会状况后进行的区分。该研究强调了环境因素对于与战争和其他有组织暴力相关的创伤后健康长期适应的重要性。
