Mental health among Syrian immigrants in Iraq

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Autor(a) principal: Sepehrianazar, Firouzeh
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Tilee, Sara Qader, Matos, Margarida Gaspar de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/42685
Resumo: © 2019 Sepehrianazar F, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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spelling Mental health among Syrian immigrants in IraqImmigrantsCultural intelligenceEmotional intelligenceMental healthSocial adjustment© 2019 Sepehrianazar F, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Background: The migration of Syrian citizens to many parts of the world began after civil war in Syria. Many migrants lost their homes, friends and relatives as a result ofthe civil war. Millions of Syrians have been refugeesto European countries and especially to neighboring countries such as Libya, Turkey and Iraq. They have experienced housing, safety and cultural gap problems, which may put their mental health at risk. Many present signs of physical and mental illness, such as an insomnia, a weakened immune system, drug addiction,self-harm, and aggression, making their social adjustment more and more difficult. Despite facing the same conditions, other immigrants succeed to adjust with the new environment. It is necessary to understand factorsthat may optimize immigrants’social adjustment. Objectives: The aim of the present study is to evaluate to what extend some characteristics of Syrian immigrantsin Iraq,such as cultural intelligence, emotional intelligence are related to their social adjustment, and the role of mental health upon that relationship. Methods: Participants are Syrian immigrants who live in Erbil – Iraq. Data collection was held in 2017. Were randomly included 288 subjects (50% female). All participants completed 4 questionnaires translated from Persian version to Arabic language: Cultural and Emotional Intelligence Questionnaires (CI and EI), a Social Adjustment scale (SA) and a Mental Health Questionnaire (MH). Results: This study presents an empirical study into the mental health of immigrants. More specific, based on collected questionnaire data an explanatory model for mental health and social adjustment is established on the basis of emotional- and cultural intelligence. A better mental health is associated with better social adjustment. Emotional and cultural intelligence are significantly and positively and significantly and positively associated to social adjustment. Cultural intelligence issignificantly and positively related to mental health, while emotional intelligence has no significant relation with mental health, when simultaneous effects are analyzed. Conclusions: The present results suggest that mental health may have an intermediate role in the relationship between cultural intelligence and social adjustment, but no intermediate role in the relationship between emotional intelligence and social adjustment. Results convey an important message to public policies, highlighting the importance of preserving both cultural and emotional intelligence among Syrian immigrant in Iraq, as a measure to assure their mental health and social adjustment.Matos, M. G. received a Sabbatical grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (SFRH/BSAB/135160/2017 - INSERM/ Université Paul Sabatier/ Toulouse/ FranceiMedPub LTDRepositório da Universidade de LisboaSepehrianazar, FirouzehTilee, Sara QaderMatos, Margarida Gaspar de2020-04-03T11:33:19Z20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/42685engActa Psychopathol Vol.5 No. 2:12469-667610.36648/2469-6676.5.2.183info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:42:45Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/42685Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:55:38.459254Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Mental health among Syrian immigrants in Iraq
spellingShingle Mental health among Syrian immigrants in Iraq
Sepehrianazar, Firouzeh
Immigrants
Cultural intelligence
Emotional intelligence
Mental health
Social adjustment
title_short Mental health among Syrian immigrants in Iraq
title_full Mental health among Syrian immigrants in Iraq
title_fullStr Mental health among Syrian immigrants in Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Mental health among Syrian immigrants in Iraq
title_sort Mental health among Syrian immigrants in Iraq
author Sepehrianazar, Firouzeh
author_facet Sepehrianazar, Firouzeh
Tilee, Sara Qader
Matos, Margarida Gaspar de
author_role author
author2 Tilee, Sara Qader
Matos, Margarida Gaspar de
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sepehrianazar, Firouzeh
Tilee, Sara Qader
Matos, Margarida Gaspar de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Immigrants
Cultural intelligence
Emotional intelligence
Mental health
Social adjustment
topic Immigrants
Cultural intelligence
Emotional intelligence
Mental health
Social adjustment
description © 2019 Sepehrianazar F, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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