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New Paper on Executive Functioning of Refugee Children
Veröffentlicht am 10. März 2022
Florian Scharpf, Sven C. Mueller and Tobias Hecker have published the article "The executive functioning of Burundian refugee youth: Associations with individual, family and community factors" in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
Abstract:
Executive functioning (EF) may be important for refugee youth's long-term adjustment. The current study examined associations between factors on different ecological levels (individual, family, community) and inhibitory control (IC), working memory (WM), cognitive flexibility (CF), and selective attention (SA) among 226 Burundian youth aged between 7 and 15 in three refugee camps. Multiple regression models revealed positive associations between trauma exposure and CF and between posttraumatic stress symptoms and SA and WM. Having more siblings, fathers' socioeconomic status and a better father-child relationship were related to better EF including higher SA and WM. Higher levels of maltreatment by mothers were related to lower IC. Higher peer support was related to higher WM. Being orphaned, children's emotional and behavioral problems, mothers' education, community violence and the type of camp (established vs. new) were not significantly related to children's EF. The findings underscore the importance of proximal social factors for children's EF.
Keywords: Refugee youth, Executive functioning, Memory, Social, Fathers, Violence, Trauma
You can find the full article here.
Abstract:
Executive functioning (EF) may be important for refugee youth's long-term adjustment. The current study examined associations between factors on different ecological levels (individual, family, community) and inhibitory control (IC), working memory (WM), cognitive flexibility (CF), and selective attention (SA) among 226 Burundian youth aged between 7 and 15 in three refugee camps. Multiple regression models revealed positive associations between trauma exposure and CF and between posttraumatic stress symptoms and SA and WM. Having more siblings, fathers' socioeconomic status and a better father-child relationship were related to better EF including higher SA and WM. Higher levels of maltreatment by mothers were related to lower IC. Higher peer support was related to higher WM. Being orphaned, children's emotional and behavioral problems, mothers' education, community violence and the type of camp (established vs. new) were not significantly related to children's EF. The findings underscore the importance of proximal social factors for children's EF.
Keywords: Refugee youth, Executive functioning, Memory, Social, Fathers, Violence, Trauma
You can find the full article here.
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Die Zukunft Europas
Veröffentlicht am 9. März 2022
Im Gespräch mit der noz (Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung) prognostiziert Prof. Dr. Andreas Zick einen zukünftigen "kalten Frieden" in Europa.
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INTERNSHIP at IKG - project on Collective Action
Veröffentlicht am 7. März 2022
The Research Project on Collective Action at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence is offering an internship starting from April 2022. Deadline for application is 31 March 2022.
For all details and how to apply, click here.
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