Adjustment of refugee children and adolescents in Australia: outcomes from wave three of the Building a New Life in Australia study

Abstract Background High-income countries like Australia play a vital role in resettling refugees from around the world, half of whom are children and adolescents. Informed by an ecological framework, this study examined the post-migration adjustment of refugee children and adolescents 2–3 years aft...

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Published in:	BMC Medicine
Main Authors:	Winnie Lau, Derrick Silove, Ben Edwards, David Forbes, Richard Bryant, Alexander McFarlane, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Zachary Steel, Angela Nickerson, Miranda Van Hooff, Kim Felmingham, Sean Cowlishaw, Nathan Alkemade, Dzenana Kartal, Meaghan O’Donnell
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-09-01
Subjects:	Mental health Adjustment Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Psychosocial Ecological Refugee
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1124-5