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Mechanisms Explaining the Relationship Between Maternal Torture Exposure and Youth Adjustment In Resettled Refugees: A Pilot Examination of Generational Trauma Through Moderated Mediation
- Source :
- J Immigr Minor Health
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- The intergenerational effects of trauma resulting from torture and war are complex and multi-faceted and have important implications for the family system. The current study aimed to identify key relationships between refugee maternal caregiver exposure to torture, mental health, and physical health with maternal-reported youth adjustment. Ninety-six Karen maternal caregivers originating from Burma and resettled in the United States participated in a cross-sectional, explanatory mixed methods study. Maternal mental health distress was found to mediate the relationship betweenmaternal torture experiences and youth adjustment, R2 = .357. Physical health problems was found to moderate the degree to which mental health distress mediated the relationship between torture and war trauma experiences and youth adjustment, R2 = .409. The current study is significant in that it enhances our mechanistic understanding of factors relevant to the intergenerational effects of trauma within families where maternal caregivers experienced trauma from torture and/or war.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Epidemiology
Torture
Refugee
Mothers
Article
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Moderated mediation
medicine
Humans
War trauma
030212 general & internal medicine
Refugees
030505 public health
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Physical health
Mental health
United States
Distress
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15571920 and 15571912
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6f76f5d028eb0f2d7d7c64aa0b3e1827