Resilience and Positive Wellbeing Experienced by 5-12-Year-Old Children with Refugee Backgrounds in Australia: The Childhood Resilience Study

Refugee research tends to be deficit based and focused on the risks threatening positive adaptation and wellbeing. High rates of mental (and physical) health issues have been reported for refugee adults and children, including intergenerational trauma. This study uses the new Child Resilience Questi...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2024-05, Vol.21 (5), p.627
Main Authors: Riggs, Elisha, Gartland, Deirdre, Szwarc, Josef, Stow, Mardi, Paxton, Georgia, Brown, Stephanie J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Afghanistan - ethnology
Caregivers
Child
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Children & youth
Culture
Families & family life
Female
Human rights
Humans
Iraq - ethnology
Male
Mental disorders
Mental Health
Myanmar
Native peoples
Peers
Questionnaires
Recruitment
Refugees
Refugees - psychology
Resilience, Psychological
Sierra Leone
South Australia
Surveys and Questionnaires
Syria - ethnology
Teenagers
Thailand
Trauma
Victoria
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Summary:Refugee research tends to be deficit based and focused on the risks threatening positive adaptation and wellbeing. High rates of mental (and physical) health issues have been reported for refugee adults and children, including intergenerational trauma. This study uses the new Child Resilience Questionnaire (CRQ), co-designed with refugee background communities, to describe resilience and positive wellbeing experienced by children of refugee-background. The Childhood Resilience Study (CRS) recruited 1132 families with children aged 5-12 years in Victoria and South Australia, Australia. This included the recruitment of 109 families from 4 refugee background communities: Assyrian Chaldean (Iraq, Syria), Hazara (Afghanistan), Karen (Burma, Thailand) and Sierra Leonean families. CRQ-parent/caregiver report (CRQ-P/C) scores were categorised into 'low', 'moderate' and 'high'. The child's emotional and behavioural wellbeing was assessed with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, with positive wellbeing defined as
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph21050627