Abstract
Relevance of the study: The present study contributes to the understanding of vulnerability and resilience among unaccompanied minors in forced migration to Europe and presents the results of a pilot intervention to increase resilience and reduce psychological distress.
Aim of the study : The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of a group psychosocial intervention (with participation, TP) to increase resilience and reduce psychological distress in unaccompanied minors after resettlement in the UK.
Methods: the sample (n = 30) represented from 15 to 17 years, were randomly assigned to one of two groups: experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The experimental group received 14 hours of interventions to improve resilience skills. Measures of resilience and psychological distress were administered pre- and post-intervention to both groups.
Results: Analyses showed that the experimental group had significantly higher resilience scores (i.e. increased optimistic thinking, decreased pessimistic thinking) and decreased psychological distress (i.e. decreased depressive symptoms) after the intervention.
Conclusions: Psychosocial intervention contributed to increasing resilience and reducing psychological distress in unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors
Aim of the study : The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of a group psychosocial intervention (with participation, TP) to increase resilience and reduce psychological distress in unaccompanied minors after resettlement in the UK.
Methods: the sample (n = 30) represented from 15 to 17 years, were randomly assigned to one of two groups: experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The experimental group received 14 hours of interventions to improve resilience skills. Measures of resilience and psychological distress were administered pre- and post-intervention to both groups.
Results: Analyses showed that the experimental group had significantly higher resilience scores (i.e. increased optimistic thinking, decreased pessimistic thinking) and decreased psychological distress (i.e. decreased depressive symptoms) after the intervention.
Conclusions: Psychosocial intervention contributed to increasing resilience and reducing psychological distress in unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Bulletin of the Kharkiv National Pedagogical University |
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| Publication status | Published - 2023 |