Citation
Kim, Ha Yeon; Brown, Lindsay; Tubbs Dolan, Carly; Sheridan, Margaret A.; & Aber, John Lawrence (2020). Post- Migration Risks, Developmental Processes, and Learning among Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 69, 101142.Abstract
Refugee children face significant adversities that can threaten critical developmental processes and hamper learning outcomes. This study examines how post-migration risk factors at the community, household, and individual level experienced by primary school-aged Syrian refugee children in Lebanon (N = 448, Age M = 9.08, SD = 1.90) are associated with cognitive, emotional, and behavioral developmental processes as well as literacy and numeracy performance. We identified several risk factors, including attending a lower grade than their age-expected grade level, that uniquely predict Syrian refugee children's developmental processes and academic outcomes. Children's executive function and behavioral regulation, but not internalizing symptoms, partially mediated the relations between risk factors and academic outcomes.URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101142Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2020Journal Title
Journal of Applied Developmental PsychologyAuthor(s)
Kim, Ha YeonBrown, Lindsay
Tubbs Dolan, Carly
Sheridan, Margaret A.
Aber, John Lawrence
Article Type
RegularContinent/Country
LebanonSyria