Applying the Adapt Psychosocial Model to War-Affected Children and Adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID3487599
AuthorsSophie Yohani (0000-0002-7144-9388, University of Alberta, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume5
Issue3
Pages5/3/2158244015604189
Publication date2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2158244015604189
OpenAlexW2408763294
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited120

Multiple individual, social, and environmental factors have long been recognized as influencing a child's response to traumatic experiences. However, there remain few socio-ecological frameworks to guide researchers and practitioners working with war-affected children. This article examines Silove's psychosocial model of adaptation and development after trauma and persecution (ADAPT model) in relation to war-affected children. The utility of the model is explored by examining whether the systems of safety, attachment, identity, justice, and existential meaning described in the ADAPT model are represented in a narrative review of research from the last 20 years on the experiences of war-affected children and adolescents. Results suggest that research with war-affected children has covered all five psychosocial pillars in the model, but with overemphasis on the safety, followed by the attachment, domains. This review highlights that need for research and psychosocial interventions that focus on adaptation of war-affected children's identity development, sense of justice, and meaning systems

Developmental psychology · Erikson's stages of psychosocial development · Existentialism · Narrative · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Child Abuse and Trauma · Family Support in Illness · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access