Life Satisfaction among Unaccompanied Refugee Minors: Associations with Traumatic Events and Daily Hassles.

Asylum status Daily hassles Life satisfaction Traumatic events Unaccompanied refugee minors

Journal

Journal of child & adolescent trauma
ISSN: 1936-1521
Titre abrégé: J Child Adolesc Trauma
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101306630

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2024
Historique:
accepted: 30 10 2023
medline: 28 6 2024
pubmed: 28 6 2024
entrez: 28 6 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

While there is a growing literature about mental health problems among unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee minors (URMs), far less is known about their wellbeing. Such information is important as a subjective sense of wellbeing is associated with a variety of positive health and psychosocial outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine life satisfaction and the association with traumatic events, daily hassles, and asylum status among URMs in Norway. We collected self-report questionnaire data from URMs living in Norway (

Identifiants

pubmed: 38938943
doi: 10.1007/s40653-023-00579-1
pii: 579
pmc: PMC11199432
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

597-610

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2024.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of Interest On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

Auteurs

Anne Kristine Solhaug (AK)

Department of Childhood and Families, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.

Brit Oppedal (B)

Department of Childhood and Families, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.

Espen Røysamb (E)

Department of Childhood and Families, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Promenta Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Rachel Calam (R)

Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

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