Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
Volume 55, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 710-717

Xenophobic attitudes, behaviors and coping strategies among Lebanese people toward immigrants and refugees (Article)

Obeid S.* , Haddad C. , Salame W. , Kheir N. , Hallit S.
  • a Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon, Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon, Faculty of Pedagogy, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Sante Publique, Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie, Beirut, Lebanon
  • b Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon
  • c Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon, Faculty of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
  • d Faculty of Pedagogy, Université de la Sainte Famille, Batroun, Lebanon
  • e Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon, INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Sante Publique, Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie, Beirut, Lebanon

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the relationship between xenophobia and the coping strategies and evaluate factors associated with xenophobia in Lebanon. Design/Methods: This cross-sectional study, conducted between March and July 2017, enrolled 433 participants. Results: Severe xenophobia (β = 1.46) and female sex (β = 1.45) were associated with higher problem-focused engagement scores. Participants with a low income had lower problem-focused disengagement score compared to those without income. Moderate (β = 0.80) and intense xenophobia (β = 1.38) were significantly associated with higher emotion-focused engagement, whereas female sex was significantly associated with lower emotion-focused engagement (β = −0.71) and disengagement (β = −0.83). Being divorced compared to single (β = 2.32) and female sex (β = 2.04) were associated with higher xenophobia. Practice implications: Our study supports the prevalence of xenophobia amongst Lebanese but requires a broader assessment of that trend. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Author Keywords

coping strategies Engagement Emotion Lebanon Xenophobia

Index Keywords

male controlled study female major clinical study immigrant coping behavior xenophobia Lebanese refugee divorced person cross-sectional study lowest income group prevalence Article Lebanon human adult human experiment
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073308956&doi=10.1111%2fppc.12415&partnerID=40&md5=fcf0dcdc0a9c26e6ee5093969196ba0a
DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12415
ISSN: 00315990
Original Language: English