Citation

Kazandjian C, Militello LK, Doumit R. Community Ment. Health J. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing, Lebanese American University, P.O. box 36, Byblos Campus, Byblos, Lebanon. rita.doumit@lau.edu.lb.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-019-00453-1

PMID

31515713

Abstract

Little is known about how sex as a biological variable may contribute to differences in quality of life (QOL) and mental health outcomes following a brief intervention among adolescent Syrian refugees. This paper explores the results of a secondary data analysis to investigate differences by sex on self-reported QOL and mental health outcomes among Syrian refugees who participated in a 7-session cognitive behavioral skills building intervention. A one group pretest-posttest design was used to deliver the intervention to 31 adolescent refugees (13-17 years; 15 male, and 16 female). At baseline, there were no significant differences between males and females on mean scores of depression, anxiety, or QOL. Post-intervention, self-reported scores for QOL and mental health were significantly different between sexes. Males demonstrated a significant decrease in anxiety scores compared to females. Among males only, significant decreases in depression and anxiety scores were observed with significant improvement in total QOL.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescent anxiety depression quality of life; Mental health; Refugees