McGregor Lucy Sarah, Melvin Glenn A, Newman Louise K
*Centre for Developmental Psychology and Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University; and †Centre for Women's Health, The Royal Women's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2015 Jun;203(6):431-8. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000312.
Youth from refugee backgrounds have been found to experience high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even after years of resettlement. The present study sought to investigate how familial separations and coping styles act as correlates of PTSD symptoms in resettled refugee youth (N = 50). Participants (Mage = 16.63; range: 12-21) completed self-report questionnaires assessing PTSD symptoms and their use of coping styles, and engaged in a semi-structured interview designed by the authors to investigate their resettlement and adaptational experiences in Australia. Youth who were separated from immediate family members demonstrated significantly more PTSD symptoms than their counterparts, and there was a relationship between avoidant coping and PTSD, although this diminished once the confound between scales was controlled for. This study found evidence for the integrity of the family unit as a correlate of PTSD in refugee youth, but no evidence of a relationship between coping style and family separations.
研究发现，即便已经重新安置多年，有难民背景的青少年患创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的比例依然很高。本研究旨在调查家庭离散和应对方式如何与重新安置的难民青少年（N = 50）的PTSD症状相关。参与者（平均年龄 = 16.63岁；范围：12 - 21岁）完成了评估PTSD症状及应对方式使用情况的自我报告问卷，并参与了作者设计的半结构化访谈，以调查他们在澳大利亚的重新安置和适应经历。与直系家庭成员分离的青少年表现出的PTSD症状明显多于未分离的同龄人，回避应对与PTSD之间存在关联，不过在控制量表间的混淆因素后这种关联减弱了。本研究发现有证据表明家庭单位的完整性与难民青少年的PTSD相关，但没有证据表明应对方式与家庭离散之间存在关联。
