War-Related Trauma Linked to Increased Sustained Attention to Threat in Children

Autor/inn/en	Michalek, Julia; Lisi, Matteo; Binetti, Nicola; Ozkaya, Sumeyye; Hadfield, Kristin; Dajani, Rana; Mareschal, Isabelle
Titel	War-Related Trauma Linked to Increased Sustained Attention to Threat in Children
Quelle	In: Child Development, 93 (2022) 4, S.900-909 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Michalek, Julia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13739
Schlagwörter	War; Trauma; Child Development; Affective Behavior; Mental Health; Refugees; Children; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Security (Psychology); Stress Variables; Foreign Countries; Syria; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Krieg; Kindesentwicklung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Psychohygiene; Flüchtling; Child; Kind; Kinder; Angst; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Ausland; Syrien
Abstract	Experiences of war and displacement can have profound effects on children's affective development and mental health, although the mechanism(s) underlying these effects remain unknown. This study investigated the link between early adversity and attention to affective stimuli using a free-viewing eye-tracking paradigm with Syrian refugee (n = 31, M[subscript age] = 9.55, 12 female) and Jordanian non-refugee (n = 55, M[subscript age] = 9.98, 30 female) children living in Jordan (March 2020). Questionnaires assessed PTSD, anxiety/depression, insecurity, distress, and trauma. Refugee children showed greater initial avoidance of angry and happy faces compared to non-refugee children, and higher trauma exposure was linked to increased sustained attention to angry stimuli. These findings suggest that war-related trauma may have differential effects on the early and later stages of affective processing in refugee children. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01