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Resilience and protective factors among refugee children post-migration to high-income countries: a systematic review.
- Source :
- European Journal of Public Health; Aug2019, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p706-713, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background Increasing numbers of children have been forced to flee and seek asylum in high-income countries. Current research indicates that focussing on resilience and protective factors is an important long-term goal for positive mental health and psychological functioning of refugee children. Methods We performed a systematic review of quantitative literature regarding psychological and contextual factors that contribute to resilience in refugee children residing in high-income countries. Our procedure followed guidelines from the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. Results We identified a number of protective factors as related to positive outcomes. They are drawn from several ecological domains and include age, self-esteem, maintenance of cultural identity, social support, belonging and safety and innovative social care services. A key overarching point reported by the studies we reviewed was that for refugee settlement specific policies and approaches to be beneficial, they were required to be embedded within a positive socially inclusive society. We also identified several limitations across the reported studies. Conclusion The factors we identified would assist clinicians to adopt a resilience-focussed approach. However, a continued pre-occupation with psychopathology was evident across the studies, which we argue as holding back the development of resilience-focussed approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EMIGRATION & immigration & psychology
MENTAL illness prevention
MENTAL illness risk factors
AGE distribution
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CAUSALITY (Physics)
GROUP identity
PATIENT safety
PHYSICIANS
PATHOLOGICAL psychology
PSYCHOLOGY of refugees
PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
SELF-perception
SOCIAL case work
SYSTEMATIC reviews
DEVELOPED countries
SOCIAL support
POSITIVE psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11011262
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137826620
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky232