重新安置的难民心理困扰的不同轨迹:社区接纳预示着恢复力,而群体内社会支持低则预示着临床困扰。
Distinct trajectories of psychological distress among resettled refugees: Community acceptance predicts resilience while low ingroup social support predicts clinical distress.
作者信息
O'Donnell Alexander W, Paolini Stefania, Stuart Jaimee
机构信息
School of Psychological Science, 3925University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia.
Research School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
出版信息
Transcult Psychiatry. 2023 Feb;60(1):26-38. doi: 10.1177/13634615221098309. Epub 2022 Jun 7.
Refugees can experience elevated levels of psychological distress upon resettlement, although disparate outcomes over time are expected. The current study modeled trajectories of changes in distress over a 5-year period among resettled refugees and sought to explicate post-settlement factors that influence distress over time. A large-scale sample of refugees resettled in Australia (2,399) was tracked over a 5-year period, completing measures of psychological distress at each wave and initial risk and protective factors immediately after resettlement. A latent class growth analysis conducted on distress found four unique classes characterized by (1) resilient levels of distress, (2) consistent clinical distress, (3) recovering levels of distress, and (4) deteriorating distress. Lower perceived discrimination and greater positive context of reception predicted membership to the resilient group and differentiated the recovering and deteriorating groups. Further, lower ingroup social support predicted membership to the clinically distressed group relative to all others. We conclude by echoing calls to strengthen community support for refugees and promote ingroup ties, particularly among those who are the most vulnerable.
难民在重新安置后可能会经历更高水平的心理困扰,尽管随着时间的推移预期会有不同的结果。当前的研究对重新安置的难民在5年期间心理困扰的变化轨迹进行了建模,并试图阐明影响心理困扰随时间变化的重新安置后因素。对在澳大利亚重新安置的大量难民样本(2399人)进行了为期5年的跟踪,在每一波次完成心理困扰测量,并在重新安置后立即测量初始风险和保护因素。对心理困扰进行的潜在类别增长分析发现了四个独特的类别,其特征分别为:(1)心理困扰水平具有弹性,(2)持续存在临床心理困扰,(3)心理困扰水平逐渐恢复,(4)心理困扰不断恶化。较低的感知歧视和更积极的接纳环境预示着属于心理弹性组,并区分了逐渐恢复组和不断恶化组。此外,相对于其他所有人,较低的群体内社会支持预示着属于临床心理困扰组。我们最后响应呼吁,加强社区对难民的支持并促进群体内联系,特别是在最脆弱的人群中。