Sierra Leone's Former Child Soldiers: A Follow-Up Study of Psychosocial Adjustment and Community Reintegration

Autor/inn/en	Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Borisova, Ivelina Ivanova; Williams, Timothy Philip; Brennan, Robert T.; Whitfield, Theodore H.; de la Soudiere, Marie; Williamson, John; Gilman, Stephen E.
Titel	Sierra Leone's Former Child Soldiers: A Follow-Up Study of Psychosocial Adjustment and Community Reintegration
Quelle	In: Child Development, 81 (2010) 4, S.1077-1095 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01455.x
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Followup Studies; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Military Personnel; Children; Social Adjustment; Emotional Adjustment; Risk; Violence; War; Rape; Self Esteem; Prosocial Behavior; Academic Persistence; Child Development; Measures (Individuals); Sierra Leone + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Angst; Child; Kind; Kinder; Soziale Anpassung; Emotionale Anpassung; Risiko; Gewalt; Krieg; Sexueller Missbrauch; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Kindesentwicklung; Messdaten
Abstract	This is the first prospective study to investigate psychosocial adjustment in male and female former child soldiers (ages 10-18; n = 156, 12% female). The study began in Sierra Leone in 2002 and was designed to examine both risk and protective factors in psychosocial adjustment. Over the 2-year period of follow-up, youth who had wounded or killed others during the war demonstrated increases in hostility. Youth who survived rape not only had higher levels of anxiety and hostility but also demonstrated greater confidence and prosocial attitudes at follow-up. Of the potential protective resources examined, improved community acceptance was associated with reduced depression at follow-up and improved confidence and prosocial attitudes regardless of levels of violence exposure. Retention in school was also associated with greater prosocial attitudes. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10