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Psychological intervention with displaced widows in Sri Lanka
International Review of Psychiatry, 1999This paper describes a programme for war widows residing in refugee camps in Sri Lanka.The country has been traumatized by civil conflict for over 15 years and one in seventeen people have been displaced.The explicit aim of the programme is to promote mental health among the refugees, mainly by facilitating coping strategies.
Padmal de Silva, Rachel Tribe
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The Psychological Displacement Paradigm in Diary-Writing (PDPD) and its Psychological Benefits
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2012The present study aimed to investigate the psychological displacement paradigm in diary-writing (PDPD) had both immediate and short-term psychological benefits. Participants were randomly assigned to write about their recent negative life experiences two times a week for 2 weeks in PDPD group or comparison group.
Chang, J.-H., Huang, C.-L., Lin, Y.-C.
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Psychological morbidity among forcibly displaced children—a literature review
Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), 2020In 2018, nearly 75 million people were displaced from their place of origin of which 20.4 million are considered as refugees. Children constitute over half of this population. A review of the currently available literature regarding the psychological impact of forced displacement on children was performed with the concept examined under three stages of
Anne-Marie Murphy +4 more
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Social Thought, 1999
Abstract Within the context of expanding refugee populations world‐wide, a comprehensive model for understanding refugee children is presented with a focus on the refugee experience of African children. The model addresses the psychological consequences of displacement utilizing the concepts of trauma and stress, social and emotional supports, loss and
Frederick L. Ahearn, Shirley Bryant
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Abstract Within the context of expanding refugee populations world‐wide, a comprehensive model for understanding refugee children is presented with a focus on the refugee experience of African children. The model addresses the psychological consequences of displacement utilizing the concepts of trauma and stress, social and emotional supports, loss and
Frederick L. Ahearn, Shirley Bryant
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Displaced Memories in Victorian Fiction and Psychology
Victorian Studies, 2007in The Later Years of Thomas Hardy (1930), Hardy recounts his hesita tions about renting a furnished house, his uncanny feeling that the “articles in the rooms are saturated with the thoughts and glances of others” (18). Hardy’s observations about the mental traces we leave upon the material world register a disparity between the fleeting nature of ...
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Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2001
AbstractA meta‐analysis was conducted to synthesize what is known about differences in mental health between refugees and nonrefugees from the former Yugoslavia. The analysis focused on moderating effects of a variety of enduring, contextual stressors.
Matthew Porter, Nick Haslam
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AbstractA meta‐analysis was conducted to synthesize what is known about differences in mental health between refugees and nonrefugees from the former Yugoslavia. The analysis focused on moderating effects of a variety of enduring, contextual stressors.
Matthew Porter, Nick Haslam
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Physical, psychological, and political displacement in Angola and Mozambique
Development in Practice, 1997This symposium, co-hosted by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and the South Africa Office of Oxfam, drew together individuals and organisations working in the areas of violence, conflict and peace-building. Here, the author discusses the impact of displacement (because of war) on families in Angola and Mozambique, and is ...
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Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2020
We utilised a cross-sectional survey design to examine the moderating roles of dimensional psychological capital (PsyCap) and pre-displacement stressors on the relationship between psychological mo...
Erhabor Sunday Idemudia +3 more
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We utilised a cross-sectional survey design to examine the moderating roles of dimensional psychological capital (PsyCap) and pre-displacement stressors on the relationship between psychological mo...
Erhabor Sunday Idemudia +3 more
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Psychological distress among displaced persons during an armed conflict in Nepal
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2005Most internally displaced persons (IDPs) live in low-income countries experiencing a war; their psychosocial health has not been well addressed. We carried out a comprehensive assessment of traumatic experiences, distress symptomatology, and factors independently associated with distress among IDPs in Nepal.A cross-sectional survey was conducted among ...
Suraj Bahadur Thapa, Edvard Hauff
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A Skill Set for Supporting Displaced Children in Psychological Recovery After Disasters
Current Psychiatry Reports, 2017Helping children, adolescents, and families displaced following a natural disaster is a daunting task made more challenging by the relatively small research base to inform services and interventions. This paper describes the current literature pertaining to intervention practices used with displaced youth.
Anne K. Jacobs +4 more
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