Suffering Has No Race or Nation: The Psychological Impact of the Refugee Crisis in Hungary and the Occurrence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Recruitment Procedure
2.2. Scales
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
Demographic and clinical measures | |
Male/female ratio | 332/118 |
Mean age (years) | 32.0 (SD = 10.7; range: 18–55) |
Mean education (years) | 11.0 (SD = 7.3; range: 5–17) |
Median number of potentially traumatic events | 9 (range: 4–26) |
Median score on the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire—Revised | 2.9 (range: 1.5–4) |
Country of origin | |
Syria | 195 (43%) |
Afghanistan | 110 (24%) |
Iraq | 58 (13%) |
Somalia | 26 (6%) |
Eritrea | 19 (4%) |
Bosnia | 15 (3%) |
Nigeria | 15 (3%) |
Serbia | 12 (3%) |
Subsamples | Number of Individuals with PTSD | Median Number of Potentially Traumatic Events |
---|---|---|
Syria (n = 195) | 127 (65%) | 9.4 (range: 5–26) |
Afghanistan (n = 110) | 65 (59%) | 8.3 (range: 5–24) |
Iraq (n = 58) | 38 (66%) | 9.6 (range: 8–26) |
Iraq plus other countries (n = 145) | 82 (57%) | 8.8 (range: 4–26) |
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Kéri, S. Suffering Has No Race or Nation: The Psychological Impact of the Refugee Crisis in Hungary and the Occurrence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Soc. Sci. 2015, 4, 1079-1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci4041079
Kéri S. Suffering Has No Race or Nation: The Psychological Impact of the Refugee Crisis in Hungary and the Occurrence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Social Sciences. 2015; 4(4):1079-1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci4041079
Chicago/Turabian StyleKéri, Szabolcs. 2015. "Suffering Has No Race or Nation: The Psychological Impact of the Refugee Crisis in Hungary and the Occurrence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder" Social Sciences 4, no. 4: 1079-1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci4041079
APA StyleKéri, S. (2015). Suffering Has No Race or Nation: The Psychological Impact of the Refugee Crisis in Hungary and the Occurrence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Social Sciences, 4(4), 1079-1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci4041079