Mülteci ergenlerin gelecek umutları, damgalanmaları ve ruhsal sorunları

Year 2024, , 179 - 188, 30.08.2024

Mehmet Emin Düken , Filiz Solmaz , Hediye Utli , Hülya Karataş , Fethiye Kılıçaslan

https://doi.org/10.30569/adiyamansaglik.1484320

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırmada, mülteci ergenlerin geleceğe dair umutları, damgalanma durumları ve ruhsal sağlık sorunlarını belirlemek amaçlanmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırmanın modeli; tanımlayıcı, ilişkisel ve aracı modeldir. Araştırmanın örneklemini 11-18 yaşları arasında mülteci ergenler oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin toplanmasında Ergen Bilgi Formu, Kısa Semptom Envanteri, Çocuklar ve Ergenler için İçselleştirilmiş Damgalanma Ölçeği ve Çocukların Umut Ölçeğini kullanılmıştır. Toplamda 78 mülteci ergen kapsam dışı bırakılmış ve 484 mülteci ergen ile yürütülmüştür.
Bulgular: Mülteci ergenlerin ruhsal belirtilerinin (anksiyete, depresyon, hostilite, somatizasyon ve olumsuz benlik) yaşadıkları damgalanmalarının %54.6'sını açıkladığı tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca, mülteci ergenlerin ruhsal sorunlarının geleceğe dair umut düşüncelerinin %42.7'sini açıkladığı belirlenmiştir.
Sonuç: Ergenlerin geleceğe dair umutlarının, yaşadıkları ruhsal semptomları ile damgalanma arasındaki ilişkide aracı rol oynadığı söylenebilir.

Keywords

Damgalanma, Mülteci ergen, Ruhsal semptomlar, Umut

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval number (2023/06-23) of this research was obtained from Harran University. The research was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki principles.

Supporting Institution

The research did not receive any support from any institution or company.

Thanks

We would like to thank all refugee adolescents and their families who participated in the study.

Refugee adolescents' future hopes, stigmatisation and mental health problems

Abstract

Aim: In this study, it is aimed that refugee adolescents' hopes for the future, their stigmatisation status and mental health problems.
Materials and Methods: The research was conducted as descriptive, relational and instrumental. Research sample of the study was refugee adolescents between the ages of 11-18. It was used the Adolescent Information Form, Brief Symptom Inventory, Internalised Stigma Scale for Children and Adolescents and Children's Hope Scale to collect the data. In total, it was excluded 78 refugee adolescents and conducted with 484 refugee adolescents.
Results: It was found that refugee adolescents’ mental symptoms (anxiety, depression, hostility, somatisation and negative self) explained 54.6% of the stigmatisation they experienced. In addition, It was determined refugee adolescents’ mental problems explained 42.7% of their hope for the future.
Conclusion: It can be said that adolescents' hopes for the future play a mediating role in the relationship between their psychological symptoms and stigma.

Keywords

Stigma, Refugee adolescent, Mental symptoms, Hope

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval number (2023/06-23) of this research was obtained from Harran University. The research was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki principles.

Supporting Institution

The research did not receive any support from any institution or company.

Thanks

We would like to thank all refugee adolescents and their families who participated in the study.

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