Domain-specific discrepancies between self- and caseworkers’ proxy- reports of emotional and behavioral difficulties in unaccompanied refugees

IF 1.5 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL

EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI:10.1080/13632752.2022.2129369

Marco Walg, Florentine Löwer, Stephan Bender, G. Hapfelmeier

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to assess adolescent refugees’ psychological distress and examine how reliably caseworkers can assess distress through a proxy-report instrument. The distress of 102 unaccompanied refugees between 16 and 21 years of age housed in youth welfare accommodations in Germany was assessed by self-report using the Brief Symptom Checklist and by proxy-report through the Child Behavior Checklist. Independent of residence status, the self and proxy ratings reveal that more than half of the refugees suffer from increased levels of psychological distress, particularly from anxiety and somatisation. There was a moderate positive correlation between the total scales of the two instruments. The high number of clinically meaningful distress poses a great challenge to caseworkers in facilities for unaccompanied refugees. The Child Behavior Checklist can be a suitable measure to detect clinically meaningful problems, but its validity seems to depend on a good relationship between caseworker and refugee.

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在无人陪伴的难民中，自我和个案工作者代理的情感和行为困难报告之间的领域特定差异

本研究的目的是评估青少年难民的心理困扰，并检验个案工作者通过代理报告工具评估压力的可靠性。对102名16 - 21岁的德国青年福利收容所里的无人陪伴难民的痛苦进行了评估，采用简要症状检查表进行自我报告，并通过儿童行为检查表进行代理报告。与居住身份无关，自我和代理评级显示，超过一半的难民遭受着越来越严重的心理困扰，尤其是焦虑和躯体化。两种仪器的总量表之间存在适度的正相关。大量临床意义上的痛苦对无人陪伴难民设施的个案工作者构成了巨大的挑战。儿童行为检查表可以是一个合适的措施，以发现临床有意义的问题，但其有效性似乎取决于社会工作者和难民之间的良好关系。

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EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL-

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1.80

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10.00%

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期刊介绍： The central intention of Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties (EBDs) is to contribute to readers" understanding of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and also their knowledge of appropriate ways of preventing and responding to EBDs, in terms of intervention and policy. The journal aims to cater for a wide audience, in response to the diverse nature of the professionals who work with and for children with EBDs.