Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Volume 183, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 177-181

The khmer adolescent project ii: Functional capacities in two generations of cambodian refugees (Article)

Sack W.H.* , Clarke G.N. , Kinney R. , Belestos G. , Him C. , Seeley J.
  • a Oregon Health Sciences University, UT, United States
  • b Oregon Health Sciences University, UT, United States
  • c Social Research Institute, University of Utah, UT, United States
  • d Social Research Institute, University of Utah, UT, United States
  • e Oregon Health Sciences University, UT, United States
  • f Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR, United States

Abstract

A sample of 206 adolescent Cambodian youth and 159 of their parents were interviewed to determine the extent of their past war trauma during the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia (1975-1979), their resettlement stress, their current diagnostic status, and their functional ability as refugees in the United States. This report focuses on the last of these aims. Overall, these youth were found to be functioning quite well. Their diagnostic status did not relate strongly to their functional status. Parents showed a stronger relationship between diagnostic status and measures of functioning than did adolescents. The implications of these findings for future studies are discussed. © 1995 by Williams & Wilkins.

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Index Keywords

Parents depression refugee Cambodia human Refugees war Ethnic Groups Adaptation, Psychological Depressive Disorder United States family Adolescent male Acculturation female stress Article major clinical study adult posttraumatic stress disorder Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Social Adjustment parent
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DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199503000-00009
ISSN: 00223018
Cited by: 46
Original Language: English