Displacement-related stressors in a Sri Lankan war-affected community

Identifying the impact of war exposure and ongoing stressors on trauma symptom severity

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ID21257490
AutoresFiona C Thomas (0000-0002-4430-1855, Toronto Metropolitan University, autor correspondente), Simon Coulombe (0000-0002-2424-2026, Université Laval), Todd A Girard (0000-0002-7204-5684, Toronto Metropolitan University), Tae L Hart (0000-0002-5209-4059, Toronto Metropolitan University), Shannon Doherty (0000-0002-6123-1238, Anglia Ruskin University), Giselle Dass (0000-0003-3762-5306), Kolitha Wickramage (0000-0003-1307-9224, International Organization for Migration), Chesmal Siriwardhana (0000-0003-3614-9088, University of London), Rajendra Surenthirakumaran (0000-0001-8252-8076, University of Jaffna), Kelly Mcshane (0000-0003-3597-2996, Toronto Metropolitan University)
Ano2022
Volume2
Páginas100129
Data de publicação2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSSM - Mental Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2666-5603 • E-ISSN: 2666-5603
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100129
OpenAlexW4282011460
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas78

In recent years, there has been a shift in the literature towards identifying how ongoing stress adversely affects mental health beyond the effect of direct exposure to war-related violence. The goal of the current study was to investigate the relationship between displacement-related stressors and trauma symptom severity. Participants (N = 1015) were recruited from primary healthcare clinics (PHCs) in Northern Sri Lanka and completed a demographic and displacement history questionnaire, the Stressful Life Events Checklist, and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Four latent stressor constructs were identified through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses: 1) personal safety concerns; 2) war-related loss; 3) material loss, and 4) personal hardships. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationship between stressors and trauma symptom severity. In the final structural equation model, war-related loss and material loss were positively related to symptom severity whereas psychosocial hardship was found to be negatively related to symptom severity. Results highlight how an integrated model of mental health can more fully inform the needs stemming from displacement-related stressors

Checklist · Confirmatory factor analysis · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Stressor · Structural equation modeling · Clinical Psychology · Health and Conflict Studies · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology