Tapper, Noah (2022) The Effect of War- and Flight-related Stressful and Traumatic Experiences on the Emotion Regulation of Young Refugees – A Review of the Literature. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Background: Motivated by the substantial displacement of young individuals from their home countries to Europe in recent years, the present review aimed to investigate and synthesize the current evidence regarding the link between war- and flight-related stressors and problems in emotion regulation in young refugees of non-Western origin. The investigation was embedded in an attempt to validate aspects of a Stress-Response Network model. Methods: A systematically derived search string was used to identify and retrieve relevant studies from the APA PsycInfo and Medline databases. 105 papers were initially identified and after eliminating unsuitable and duplicate papers according to predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria, 13 were included for final review. Results: Results of the review were inconclusive with two papers indicating mixed findings, four indicating a significant relationship, and seven indicating a non-significant relationship between the constructs. Discussion: The results of this review do not conclusively support the widely published idea that the exposure of young refugees to traumatic stress increases emotion dysregulation. The validation of aspects of the SRN was not successful. The reviewed results were subject to a variety of limiting and alternative factors that might explain the duality between the observed and expected results. Future studies are advised to strive for a sound clarification of this relationship to enable adequate understanding and treatment of young refugees. Keywords: young refugees, stress, trauma, emotion regulation, emotion dysregulation, stress response network model
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Jonge, P. de |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2022 06:51 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2022 06:51 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/829 |
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