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Vulnerability to drug use and risky sexual behaviours: youth and adolescents coping with trauma and stress in protracted displacement in Abuja.
- Source :
- Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies; Dec2023, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p545-553, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Internally displaced youth and adolescents may continue to suffer from displacement-associated trauma and stress many years after initial displacement. Hence, our study initially aimed to qualitatively explore how displaced youth and adolescents in Nigeria are coping with the trauma and stress associated with protracted displacement. However, through serendipity, results from the thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews from 22 displaced youths and nine professionals in Abuja revealed that in addition to some positive coping mechanisms, some displaced young males turn to drugs, while some young women turn to transactional sex and multiple sexual partners to deal with the impact of protracted displacement. This may lead to increased crime, morbidity, and mortality, thus requiring immediate intervention. This paper concluded by recommending that social workers help displaced youth and adolescents deal with their current stressors by advocating for the improvement of their living situation while also working with other professionals to intervene on the issue of drug misuse and unhealthy sexual behaviours through continuous education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of injury
RISK-taking behavior
RESEARCH
OCCUPATIONAL roles
SUBSTANCE abuse
PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability
HUMAN sexuality
PSYCHOLOGY of refugees
RESEARCH methodology
TRANSACTIONAL sex
SOCIAL workers
INTERVIEWING
QUALITATIVE research
SEX customs
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
THEMATIC analysis
SEXUAL partners
DATA analysis software
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
ADULTS
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17450128
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173856885
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2023.2217385