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- Title
Post‐migration stress, quality of life, and mental health among accompanied and unaccompanied young refugees in Germany: How do adolescents feel after fleeing?
- Authors
Walg, Marco; Khatib, Anwar; Laufer, Avital; Böttche, Maria; Maoz‐Dotan, Carmel; Hassan, Hiam; Hapfelmeier, Gerhard; Finkelstein, Michal
- Abstract
This study examines the impact of post‐migration living difficulties (PMLDs) and quality of life (QoL) on the mental health of 55 young refugees who arrived in Germany either accompanied or unaccompanied. The results reveal that nearly 62% of the participants exhibited clinically significant symptoms of depression or post‐traumatic stress disorder. Regression analyses indicate that psychopathology was associated with being unaccompanied and experiencing lower QoL, while QoL was associated with higher economic status and lower PMLDs. Mediation analysis further demonstrates that higher economic status and reduced PMLDs were associated with higher QoL, which, in turn, correlated with lower levels of psychopathology. These findings emphasise the importance of considering PMLDs and QoL, as well as economic status and being accompanied/unaccompanied, in the assessment and treatment of young refugees in the host country.
- Subjects
GERMANY; POST-traumatic stress disorder; MENTAL health; PSYCHOLOGY of refugees; ECONOMIC status; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; QUALITY of life; REFUGEES; MENTAL depression; REGRESSION analysis; PATHOLOGICAL psychology
- Publication
Stress & Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 2024, Vol 40, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1532-3005
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/smi.3378