Journal of immigrant health
Volume 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-81
Quality of life among Iranian refugees resettled in Sweden. (Article)
Ghazinour M.* ,
Richter J. ,
Eisemann M.
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Department of Psychiatry & WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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Department of Psychiatry & WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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Department of Psychiatry & WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
Abstract
The relationships between quality of life, psychopathological manifestations and coping related variables (coping resources, social support, sense of coherence) were examined among individuals who have perceived several severe traumata. One hundred Iranian refugees resettled in Sweden have been investigated by the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Coping Resources Inventory (CRI), and the Interview Schedule for Social Interaction (ISSI), the Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC), and the WHOQoL-100 questionnaire in a cross-sectional study. Individuals, traumatized by combat experiences as a soldier during the war, with low BDI scores showed on average the significantly highest overall quality of life, the best physical health, the highest scores according to the sense of coherence most pronounced for "Meaningfulness," and the best availability of social integration compared to participants who did not had these experiences in combats and those with the experience but scored high in the BDI. Quality of life, coping resources, and social support were found closely related to psychopathological manifestations. Motivational orientations (highly developed Meaningfulness-SOC) and various coping competencies probably enable some traumatized individuals to resist against several traumata and to live in a good quality of life without psychopathological disturbances.
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DOI: 10.1023/B:JOIH.0000019167.04252.58
ISSN: 10964045
Cited by: 31
Original Language: English