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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gredebäck, Gustaf
• Haas, Sara
• Hall, Jonathan
• Pollak, Seth
• Karakus, Dogukan Cansin
• Lindskog, Marcus

Titel

Social cognition in refugee children: an experimental cross-sectional study of emotional processing with Syrian families in Turkish communities

Ist Teil von

• Royal Society open science, 2021-08, Vol.8 (8), p.210362-210362

Ort / Verlag

England: The Royal Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• More than 5.6 million people have fled Syria since 2011, about half of them children. These children grow up with parents that often suffer from war-related mental health problems. In this study, we assess emotional processing abilities of 6-18 year-old children growing up in families that have fled from Syria and reside in Turkish communities (100 families, 394 individuals). We demonstrate that mothers', but not fathers', post-traumatic stress (PTS) impacts children's emotional processing abilities. A 4% reduction of mothers' PTS was equivalent to 1 year of development in children, even when controlling for parents' traumatic experiences. Making a small investment in increased mental health of refugee mothers might have a positive impact on the lives of their children.