Personality and Psychopathology in African Unaccompanied Refugee Minors: Repression, Resilience and Vulnerability

Examining personality and psychopathological symptoms among unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs), we measured intra-individual dimensions (repression and correlates thereof) usually associated with resilience. Forty-one URMs completed the Weinberger Adjustment Inventory (WAI), assessing personality,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child psychiatry and human development 2013-02, Vol.44 (1), p.39-50
Hauptverfasser:	Huemer, Julia, Völkl-Kernstock, Sabine, Karnik, Niranjan, G. Denny, Katherine, Granditsch, Elisabeth, Mitterer, Michaela, Humphreys, Keith, Plattner, Belinda, Friedrich, Max, Shaw, Richard J., Steiner, Hans
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Psychological Adjustment (to Environment) Adolescent Adolescents Adult and adolescent clinical studies African Continental Ancestry Group - psychology Aggression Attention Deficit Disorders Behavioral Science and Psychology Biological and medical sciences Child Child & adolescent psychiatry Child and School Psychology Child Development Children Correlation Emotional Disturbances Female Humans Life Change Events Longitudinal Studies Male Measures (Individuals) Medical sciences Mental disorders Mental Disorders - diagnosis Mental Disorders - psychology Minors Miscellaneous Original Article Personality Psychiatry Psychological distress Psychological Patterns Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology Psychopathology. Psychiatry Refugees Refugees - psychology Repression, Psychology Resilience Resilience (Psychology) Resilience, Psychological Self Destructive Behavior Self Report Social Adjustment Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology Surveys and Questionnaires Symptoms Symptoms (Individual Disorders) Victimology Vulnerability
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Zusammenfassung:	Examining personality and psychopathological symptoms among unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs), we measured intra-individual dimensions (repression and correlates thereof) usually associated with resilience. Forty-one URMs completed the Weinberger Adjustment Inventory (WAI), assessing personality, and the Youth Self-Report (YSR), describing current symptoms. URMs endorsed high levels of Repressive Defensiveness, Denial of Distress, and Restraint; unexpectedly, URMs reported high Distress and reduced Happiness (WAI, p ’s
ISSN:	0009-398X 1573-3327
DOI:	10.1007/s10578-012-0308-z