TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Mental health needs of refugee children in specialized early education and care programs in Germany
JO  - Journal of immigrant and minority health
A1  - Buchmüller, Thimo
A1  - Lembcke, Hanna
A1  - Ialuna, Francesca
A1  - Busch, Julian
A1  - Leyendecker, Birgit
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Refugee children are at risk to develop mental health problems, which have rarely been investigated in educational contexts. We conducted three studies in childcare programs for refugees in Germany. Children's behavior was assessed by educators on site (n = 84) and online (n = 50) using a two-stage-cluster sampling and on site (n = 107) using complete samples. In Study 1 and 2, children showed elevated attention problems ranging from medium to large effect sizes, r = 0.2 and r = 0.5, respectively, and aggressive behavior problems ranging from small to large effect sizes, r = 0.1 and r = 0.5, respectively, when compared to norm data. In Study 3, children showed elevated peer-problems, r = 0.5. Future research needs to investigate whether these problems are a consequence of adapting to a novel context or a precursor of a psychopathology caused by risk factors in the context of forced displacement.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1557-1912
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-019-00896-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -