Lambert Jessica E, Abutaleb Hala, Odeh Rahaf, de Jong Joop
DIGNITY, International Programmes, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Information and Research Center, King Hussain Foundation, Amman, Jordan.
Front Psychol. 2024 Dec 18;15:1456201. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1456201. eCollection 2024.
This study explored cultural and gendered experiences of distress among Syrian refugees in Jordan to inform mental health and psychosocial support services with the population. We sought to understand perceived causes of distress, salient expressions used to describe distress, and ways of coping.
Eight focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with adult Syrian refugees (four male, four female). Gender-matched Jordanian qualitative researchers facilitated the FGDs. Transcripts were analyzed in Arabic using thematic analysis and validated through a final review of translated data.
Four key themes were identified related to participants' experience of distress, perceived causes and consequences, and gender differences (and similarities) in expression and coping. Results also highlighted the complexity of terminology used, and challenges in rank ordering expressions as most salient.
Results hold implications for adapting mental health and psychosocial interventions with the population to be more gender sensitive and culturally relevant.
本研究探讨了约旦境内叙利亚难民在痛苦方面的文化和性别体验，以为针对该人群的心理健康和社会心理支持服务提供参考。我们试图了解痛苦的感知原因、描述痛苦时使用的突出表达方式以及应对方式。
与成年叙利亚难民（四男四女）进行了八次焦点小组讨论（FGD）。由性别匹配的约旦定性研究人员主持焦点小组讨论。使用主题分析法对阿拉伯语的记录进行分析，并通过对翻译数据的最终审查进行验证。
确定了四个关键主题，涉及参与者的痛苦体验、感知的原因和后果，以及在表达和应对方面的性别差异（和相似之处）。结果还突出了所用术语的复杂性，以及将表达方式按最突出程度进行排序时的挑战。
研究结果对于调整针对该人群的心理健康和社会心理干预措施，使其更具性别敏感性和文化相关性具有启示意义。
