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Walg, Marco, Loewer, Florentine, Bender, Stephan and Hapfelmeier, Gerhard (2022). Domain-specific discrepancies between self- and caseworkers' proxy- reports of emotional and behavioral difficulties in unaccompanied refugees. Emot. Behav. Diffic., 27 (2). S. 163 - 178. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1741-2692

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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.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Walg, Marco UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Loewer, Florentine UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bender, Stephan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hapfelmeier, Gerhard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-666697
DOI:	10.1080/13632752.2022.2129369
Journal or Publication Title:	Emot. Behav. Diffic.
Volume:	27
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 163 - 178
Date:	2022
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1741-2692
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language QUALITY-OF-LIFE; MENTAL-HEALTH; MULTIPLE INFORMANTS; ASYLUM-SEEKERS; MINORS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; INSTRUMENTS; AGREEMENT; SYMPTOMS Multiple languages Psychology, Educational Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66669