Differences and similarities in posttraumatic stress between economic migrants and forced migrants: Acculturation and mental health within a Turkish and a Kurdish sample
| 作者： | Jeroen W. Knipscheer, Annelieke N. Drogendijk , Cheko H. Gülsen , Rolf J. Kleber |
| 刊名： | International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 2009, Vol.9 (3), pp.373 |
| 来源数据库： | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| 关键词： | Posttraumatic stress; mental healt; acculturation; turkish and Kurdish migrants; survey descriptive study; |
| 原始语种摘要： | This paper describes an empirical study that aimed to expand the limited literature about the association of acculturation with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among immigrant ethnic minorities. The second contribution of the study is its understanding that migrants from the same country are not one separate group and for interventions to succeed, better understanding of the situation in each sub-group is required. Two samples of Turkish immigrants in The Netherlands - Turks (n = 222) and Kurds (n = 130) - that differ by ethnic/religious background, reasons for migration and exposure to political violence are compared. Individuals who experienced one or more traumatic events were selected. Results show that posttraumatic reactions were highly related to mental health state in both groups.... |
