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Emotional and behavioural problems amongst Afghan unaccompanied asylum-seeking children: results from a large-scale cross-sectional study

Bronstein, Israel, Montgomery, Paul, Ott, Eleanor·2013·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

DOI 10.1007/s00787-012-0344-z

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Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) are considered at high risk for mental health problems, yet few studies focus on single ethnic populations. This study presents results from the largest Afghan UASC mental health survey in the U.K. Specifically, the study aims to estimate the prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems and to investigate the associations of these problems with demographic variables, cumulative traumatic events, and care and migration variables. A census sample of 222 Afghan UASC was interviewed using validated self-report screening measures. Emotional and behavioural problems were screened using the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist 37A (HSCL-37A). Pre-migration stressful life events were screened using the Stressful Life Events Questionnaire. Administrative data on care and asylum were provided by the local authority social services and the UK Border Agency. Approximately one-third (31.4%) scored above cut-offs for emotional and behavioural problems, 34.6% for anxiety and 23.4% for depression. Ordinary least squares regression indicated a significant dose-response relationship between total pre-migration traumatic events and distress as well as between increased time in the country and greater behavioural problems. Compound traumatic events in the pre-migration stages of forced migration have a deleterious association with UASC well-being. Increased time in country suggests a possible peer effect for these children. Consistent with other studies on refugee children, it should be stressed that the majority of UASC scored below suggested cut-offs, thus displaying a marked resilience despite the experience of adverse events.

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Authors: Bronstein, I., Montgomery, P., & Ott, E.
Affiliations: University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author: Bronstein, Israel
ORCID: Bronstein, Israel
Montgomery, Paul
Ott, Eleanor
Venue: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2012-11-16
Volume: 22
Issue: 5
Pages: 285-294
ISSN: 1018-8827 (ISSN-L)
1435-165X
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0344-z
OpenAlex: W2138949160
Cited by: 107
References: 62
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2
FWCI: 4.34
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Johns Hopkins University
University of Oxford
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Exile Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords: unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, Afghan refugees, emotional and behavioral problems, anxiety, depression, cumulative trauma, forced migration, peer effects, resilience
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Afghanistan, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Refugees, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Prevalence, Databases, Factual

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