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This study examined the family functioning and the child's psychological adaptation while staying in a refugee camp in the Stockholm area. Data were collected by means of a structured interview from 66 children and their parents, mainly mothers, from the former Yugoslavia. Results showed that homesickness had the highest frequencies among the children followed by depression and somatic symptoms, which had increased after arrival. The average number of symptoms was two and was unchanged after arrival. The number of children with no symptoms was about double for girls compared to boys (18 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively) and 2.5 times more common among preschool children than school children (24 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively). Three-quarters were judged after the interview as mentally healthy, 20 per cent at risk and 5 per cent mentally unhealthy. The risk factors for mental ill-health among the children included experience of direct violence, apathetic or unstable mother, long time in Sweden, higher education level among fathers, lack of proper information about the flight, somatic symptoms, depression, homesickness, and reduced interest in school. The buffers were an

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Author

Solvig Ekblad

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0748-8386)

Published

1993

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)