The association between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Eritrean and Sudanese male asylum seekers in Israel

Nakash, Ora; Nagar, Maayan; Shoshani, Anat; Lurie, Ido

doi:10.1080/17542863.2017.1299190

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“…Studies were conducted in various ( n = 11) host countries including three studies in Nepal (Chase & Sapkota, ; Chase et al, ; Emmelkamp et al, ) (Chase & Sapkota, ; Chase et al, ; Emmelkamp et al, ), two in Lebanon (Chemali et al, ; Segal et al, ), two in India (Elsass & Phuntsok, ; Hussain & Bhushan, ), and two in Israel (Lavie‐Ajayi & Slonim‐Nevo, ; Nakash et al, ). Studies were also conducted in Nigeria (Akinyemi et al, ), Thailand (Cohen & Asgary, ), Australia (retrospectively focused on coping during transit period in other host countries) (Khawaja et al, ), South Africa (Labys et al, ), Uganda (Muhwezi & Sam, ), Rwanda (Pavlish, ), and Kenya (Tippens, ).…”

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“…Studies were published between 2002 and 2018. Four were quantitative cross sectional designs (Chase, Welton‐Mitchell, & Bhattarai, ; Emmelkamp, Komproe, Van Ommeren, & Schagen, ; Nakash, Nagar, Shoshani, & Lurie, ; Segal, Khoury, Salah, & Ghannam, ), 10 were qualitative studies (Akinyemi, Owoaje, & Cadmus, ; Chase & Sapkota, ; Cohen & Asgary, ; Elsass & Phuntsok, ; Hussain & Bhushan, ; Khawaja et al, ; Labys, Dreyer, & Burns, ; Lavie‐Ajayi & Slonim‐Nevo, ; Pavlish, ; Tippens, ) and two were mixed methods studies. From the mixed methods studies only the qualitative data were extracted for this review due to the quantitative components focusing solely on barriers (Chemali, Borba, Johnson, Khair, & Fricchione, ; Muhwezi & Sam, ).…”

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“…Qualitative study sample sizes ranged from 8 to 102, with total of 500 participants and a mean number of 41.7. Two of the quantitative studies used random sampling (Chase et al, ; Emmelkamp et al, ) and two used convenience sampling (Nakash et al, ; Segal et al, ). The qualitative studies used a variety of participant sampling methods.…”

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“…Participants came from various cultural backgrounds or countries of origin ( n = 15). Countries of origin included Bhutan (Chase & Sapkota, ; Chase et al, ; Emmelkamp et al, ); Eritrea (Nakash et al, ); Palestine (Segal et al, ), Syria (Chemali et al, ; Segal et al, ); Liberia (Akinyemi et al, ), Sierra Leone (Akinyemi et al, ); Myanmar/Burma (Cohen & Asgary, ); Tibet (Elsass & Phuntsok, ; Hussain & Bhushan, ); Sudan (Khawaja et al, ; Lavie‐Ajayi & Slonim‐Nevo, ; Muhwezi & Sam, ; Nakash et al, ); Zimbabwe (Labys et al, ), Somalia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Kenya (Muhwezi & Sam, ); and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Labys et al, ; Muhwezi & Sam, ; Pavlish, ; Tippens, ).…”

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“…Eight studies reported that their participant groups were living in refugee camps (Akinyemi et al, ; Chase & Sapkota, ; Chase et al, ; Chemali et al, ; Emmelkamp et al, ; Lavie‐Ajayi & Slonim‐Nevo, ; Pavlish, ; Segal et al, ) and seven participant groups were living in the community of the transit country (Cohen & Asgary, ; Elsass & Phuntsok, ; Hussain & Bhushan, ; Labys et al, ; Muhwezi & Sam, ; Nakash et al, ; Tippens, ). Khawaja et al () reported on Sudanese refugees who had lived in transit either in the community in Egypt or in refugee camps in Kenya.…”

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The association between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Eritrean and Sudanese male asylum seekers in Israel

Cited by 21 publications

References 53 publications

Enablers of psychological well‐being for refugees and asylum seekers living in transitional countries: A systematic review

Enablers of psychological well‐being for refugees and asylum seekers living in transitional countries: A systematic review

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