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Community Resilience and Positive Mental Health Outcomes among Forcibly Displaced People Globally

Levine, Daniella Sarah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1686664579130308

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2023, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
Community resilience (i.e., communal networks used for resource access) has not been investigated as a predictor of positive mental health outcomes among forcibly displaced persons (FDP) globally, despite its emphasis in qualitative studies. This study examined community resilience as a predictor of low PTSD, MDD, and GAD symptom severity, and high individual resilience. Moderators included social connectedness and gender, given shared social connectedness/community resilience features, and greater female FDP community resilience use (Darychuk & Jackson, 2015). FDPs completed surveys at baseline (N = 272), 1-, and 3- month follow-up (n = 92). Multilevel regression models indicated that baseline community resilience predicted lower 3-month follow-up GAD symptoms and higher baseline and 3-month follow-up individual resilience. Higher baseline community resilience predicted higher baseline PTSD and MDD symptoms. Moderators were nonsignificant. Findings suggest that community resilience protects against worries and bolsters individual resilience. Implications include developing resilience interventions and policies to promote FDP well-being.
Norah Feeny (Advisor)
Julie Exline (Committee Member)
Sarah Hope Lincoln (Committee Member)
Clinical Psychology; Mental Health
community resilience, refugees, forcibly displaced person, mental health, trauma, resilience

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  • Levine, D. S. (2023). Community Resilience and Positive Mental Health Outcomes among Forcibly Displaced People Globally [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1686664579130308

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Levine, Daniella. Community Resilience and Positive Mental Health Outcomes among Forcibly Displaced People Globally. 2023. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1686664579130308.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Levine, Daniella. "Community Resilience and Positive Mental Health Outcomes among Forcibly Displaced People Globally." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1686664579130308

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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