School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, 1/F Patrick Manson Building (North Wing), 7 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, NO, M5S 3G3, Canada.
Nat Commun. 2020 Aug 6;11(1):3899. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17369-0.
The United Nations described the Syrian conflict as the worst man-made disaster since World War II. We adopted a global perspective in examining the impact of the Syrian conflict on Syrians' physical, mental, and social well-being using the Gallup World Poll. Face-to-face interview data of 11,452 Syrian participants from 2008 to 2015 show that Syrians' physical (e.g., access to shelter), mental (e.g., life satisfaction), and social (e.g., social support) well-being decline substantially. Syrians who reported being exposed to the conflict are similarly affected compared to those without direct exposure, suggesting country-wide spillover effects. Global data covering 1.7 million participants across 163 countries from 2006 to 2016 show during the conflict, Syria's precipitous decline in well-being is unparalleled in the world, even when compared to countries similarly experiencing war, protests, and disasters. Our findings reinforce the vital importance of an accelerated peace process to restore well-being in Syria.
联合国将叙利亚冲突描述为二战以来最严重的人为灾难。我们采用全球视角，利用盖洛普世界民意调查，研究叙利亚冲突对叙利亚人身心健康和社会福祉的影响。2008 年至 2015 年，对 11452 名叙利亚参与者的面对面访谈数据显示，叙利亚人的身心健康（如住所的获取）和社会福祉（如社会支持）显著下降。与没有直接接触冲突的人相比，报告接触过冲突的叙利亚人同样受到影响，这表明存在全国范围的溢出效应。2006 年至 2016 年，涵盖 163 个国家的 170 万参与者的全球数据显示，在冲突期间，叙利亚的福祉急剧下降，在世界范围内是前所未有的，即使与同样经历战争、抗议和灾难的国家相比也是如此。我们的研究结果强调了加快和平进程以恢复叙利亚人民福祉的重要性。
