Department of Public Health, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland.
Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Dec;54(6):1699-1709. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01371-2. Epub 2022 May 19.
This study examined psychiatric symptoms and the association with parents' psychiatric symptoms among recently arrived accompanied asylum-seeking children in the age groups of 2-6 years (n = 93) and 7-12 years (n = 91). Children and parents were assessed using mental health and trauma measures (SDQ, HSCL-25 and PROTECT). The prevalence of total difficulties was 34.9% among 2-6-year-olds and 29.6% among 7-12-year-olds. The most common symptoms in both age groups were peer problems, followed by conduct problems among 2-6-year-olds and emotional symptoms among 7-12-year-olds. In both age groups, the children's emotional symptoms were associated with the parents' anxiety and depression as well as the trauma symptoms, while the conduct problems were only associated with the parents' trauma symptoms. In conclusion, peer problems as well as conduct problems and emotional symptoms are common among recently arrived asylum-seeking children. To support the mental health of these children, both children and parents need adequate support.
本研究调查了最近抵达的有陪伴寻求庇护儿童的精神症状,以及这些症状与父母精神症状之间的关联。研究对象为 2-6 岁组(n=93)和 7-12 岁组(n=91)的儿童和父母。使用心理健康和创伤测量工具(SDQ、HSCL-25 和 PROTECT)对儿童和父母进行评估。2-6 岁儿童的总体困难患病率为 34.9%,7-12 岁儿童的患病率为 29.6%。两个年龄组中最常见的症状都是同伴问题,其次是 2-6 岁儿童的行为问题和 7-12 岁儿童的情绪症状。在两个年龄组中,儿童的情绪症状都与父母的焦虑和抑郁以及创伤症状有关,而行为问题仅与父母的创伤症状有关。总之,最近抵达的寻求庇护儿童中常见同伴问题以及行为问题和情绪症状。为了支持这些儿童的心理健康,儿童和父母都需要得到充分的支持。