Fiona S Mcewen

Biographic Data

ID329854
NAMEFiona S Mcewen
GIVEN NAMESFiona S
FAMILY NAMEMcewen
SIGNATUREMCEWEN F S
AFFILIATIONSQueen Mary University of London
ORCID0000-0002-5562-481X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Predictors of Environmental Sensitivity in Syrian refugee children

    Open AccessAndrew K May, Demelza Smeeth et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2025

    BACKGROUND: Although more prone to psychopathology on average, refugee children differ in their response to adversity. Growing evidence attributes some of these individual differences to varying levels of Environmental Sensitivity - the extent to which children perceive and process contextual influences. However, there is limited knowledge of how Environmental Sensitivity is developmentally influenced, particularly in the refugee setting. METHODS…

  • The important role of mothers during displacement

    Open AccessCassandra Popham, Fiona S Mcewen et al.ARTICLEChild Development2024

    Refugee children are at increased risk for mental health problems, including post-traumatic stress, depression, and externalizing problems. The refugee environment, maternal mental health, and parenting may reduce or exacerbate that risk. This study investigated their direct and indirect associations with child mental health cross-sectionally in a sample of Syrian refugee child–mother dyads in Lebanon in 2017–19. Mediating pathways were tested us…

  • Feasibility and acceptability of phone-delivered psychological therapy for refugee children and adolescents in a humanitarian setting

    Open AccessFiona S Mcewen, Hania El Khatib et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2024

    Despite some challenges, telephone-delivered therapy for children shows promising evidence of feasibility and acceptability in a humanitarian context and has the potential to increase access to mental health services by hard-to-reach populations. Approaches to addressing challenges of telephone-delivered therapy are discussed. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03887312; registered 22nd March 2019

  • Delivering therapy over telephone in a humanitarian setting

    Open AccessMichael Plue, Fiona S Mcewen et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2024

    Clinical Trials. gov ID: NCT03887312; registered 22nd March 2019

  • Predictors of psychological risk and resilience among Syrian refugee children

    Open AccessCassandra Popham, Fiona S Mcewen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2023

    OBJECTIVES: War-exposed refugee children are at elevated risk for mental health problems, but a notable proportion appear resilient. We aimed to investigate the proportion of Syrian refugee children who can be considered resilient, and applied a novel approach to identify factors predicting individual differences in mental health outcomes following war exposure. METHODS: The sample included 1,528 war-exposed Syrian refugee children and their prim…

  • Effects of war exposure on pubertal development in refugee children

    Open AccessCandace J Black, Fiona S Mcewen et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2023References: 6

    Increasing research shows pubertal development accelerates following threats while it decelerates following deprivation. Yet, these environmental stressors are unlikely to occur in isolation. We investigated how war exposure and energetic stress impact pubertal development using data from the longitudinal Biological Pathways of Risk and Resilience in Syrian Refugee Children study. Our sample included 1,600 male and female Syrian refugee children …

  • The culturally and contextually sensitive assessment of mental health using a structured diagnostic interview (Mini Kid) for Syrian refugee children and adolescents in Lebanon

    Open AccessVanessa Kyrillos, Tania Bosqui et al.ARTICLETranscultural Psychiatric…2023Cited by: 2References: 46

    Elevated rates of mental health difficulties are frequently reported in conflict-affected and displaced populations. Even with advances in improving the validity and reliability of measures, our knowledge of the performance of assessment tools is often limited by a lack of contextualization to specific populations and socio-political settings. This reflective article aimed to review challenges and share lessons learned from the process of adminis…