Post-migration stressors, mental health and well-being in resettled refugees from Syria: Do individuals’ coping strategies matter?

Table 1 Descriptives of participating adult refugees from Syria who resettled in Sweden between 2011 and 2013

	n	Mean	(%, SD or percentile)
Gender, n (%)
Men	763		(62.8)
Women	452		(37.2)
Age, mean (SD)	1,215	38.7	(11.3)
Education, n (%)
0–9yrs	453		(38.4)
10–12 yrs	255		(21.6)
13–14 yrs	234		(19.8)
≥ 15y rs	237		(20.1)
Civil status, n (%)
Married	771		(63.5)
Unmarried	386		(31.8)
Divorced/widower(ed)	58		(4.8)
Year immigration, n (%)
≤ 2011	76		(6.3)
2012	334		(27.6)
2013	802		(66.2)
PTE-AR fraction*, mean (SD)	1,143	0.38	(0.22)
HSCL-25, mean (SD)	1,181	1.73	(0.59)
WHO-5 index, mean (SD)	1,198	2.88	(1.36)
Post-migration stressors^†, mean (SD)
Financial strain	1,192	2.82	(1.26)
Social strain	1,172	2.62	(1.19)
Competency strain	1,181	2.62	(1.09)
Discrimination	1,180	1.63	(0.76)
Coping strategies^‡, mean (25th/75th percentile)
Problem-solving	1,168	3.5	(2.5/4.0)
Acceptance	1,196	3.0	(2.5/4.0)

*PTE-AR = Potentially Traumatic Experiences Adversity Ratio fraction = [number of PTEs experienced]/[total number inquired about].
^†Post-migration stressors = mean-item score for a given domain (e.g., financial strain). All items for all four domains were scored on a 5-point Likert scale going from 1 (Never) to 5 (Very often).
^‡Coping strategies = mean-item score on four (problem-solving) or two (acceptance) items tapping how frequent coping styles are used, scored on a Likert scale from 1 = “I haven’t been doing this at all” to 4=“I have done this a lot”.

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