Tamilarasan Muniyapillai, Karthikeyan Kulothungan, K Nawin Jai Vignesh, Cm Sathya Keerthi, Sherin Rosetta Godwyn, S B Shivashankari, B Shivanjali Raje Bhonsle, Shanmuga Priya Krishnakumar, Shivani Devi Suresh
Suicide and its risk factors - An ecological study
Journal of education and health promotion
children adolescents account worlds refugees increased prevalence psychological disorders mental health refugee children often associated severity posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd caregivers despite potential refugee caregivers ptsd affect child mental health little evidence exists concerning underlying mechanisms association study tested effect refugee caregivers previous trauma levels ongoing stressors current ptsd turn influences parenting behaviour consequent child psychological healththis cohort study recruited participants building new life australia study populationbased prospective cohort study refugees admitted 11 sites australia october 2013 february 2014 eligible participants aged 18 years older principal secondary applicant ie refugee applicant within migrating family unit humanitarian visa awarded may 2013 december 2013 primary caregiver ptsd postmigration difficulties assessed wave 1 2013 caregiver ptsd reassessed wave 2 2014 wave 3 october 2015 february 2016 primary caregivers repeated measures trauma history postmigration difficulties probable ptsd harsh warm parenting style completed strengths difficulties questionnaire child used path analysis investigate temporal patterns ptsd trauma history postmigration stressors parenting style childrens psychological difficultiesthe current data comprised 411 primary caregivers provided responses relation least one child 660 children 394 primary caregivers 639 children data independent variables included final model path analyses revealed caregivers trauma history postmigration difficulties associated greater subsequent ptsd turn associated greater harsh parenting turn higher levels child conduct problems 0049 p00214 hyperactivity 0044 p00241 emotional symptoms 0041 p00218 peer problems 0007 p0047 also direct path primary caregiver ptsd childrens emotional problems 0144 p00001ptsd refugees associated harsh parenting styles leading adverse effects childrens mental health programmes enhance refugee childrens mental health account ptsd parents caregivers parenting behaviours children exposed tonational health medical research council