Theresa S. Betancourt|Carmel Salhi|Stephen L. Buka|Jennifer Lee|Gillian Dunn|Felton J. Earls
Connectedness, social support and internalising emotional and behavioural problems in adolescents displaced by the Chechen conflict
Harvard Global Health Institute|Brown University|International Rescue Committee|Harvard University
study investigated factors associated internalising emotional behavioural problems among adolescents displaced recent chechen conflict crosssectional survey n183 examined relationships social support connectedness family peers community relation internalising problems levels internalising higher displaced chechen youth compared published norms among nonreferred youth united states among russian children affected conflict girls demonstrated higher problem scores compared boys significant inverse correlations observed family peer community connectedness internalising problems multivariate analyses family connectedness indicated significant predictor internalising problems independent age gender housing status forms support evaluated subanalyses gender indicated stronger protective relationships family connectedness internalising problems boys results indicate family connectedness important protective factor requiring exploration gender waraffected adolescents