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Self-image, war psychotrauma and refugee status in adolescents

The aim of this study was to assess how war psychotrauma, refugee status and other factors relate to self-image. Psychoterapeutic-psychiatric interview, the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire, questionnaires for measuring war stressors, posttraumatic stress reactions, depression and general data were administered. A total of 322 adolescents from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia were included in the study. In 60.32% the examinees, more than four war stressors were encountered. In 13.68% of the examinees, high PTS-reactions occurred. The refugees had nearly four times higher odds of having a higher Offer score for the sexual attitudes subscale. Lower war stress had 0.28 times lower odds of having a higher Offer score for the sexual attitudes subscale. More severe PTS-reactions had six times higher odds of reaching a higher Offer score for the emotional tone subscale. War psychotrauma and refugee status are related to poorer adjustment only in some OSIQ subscales. Practical measures of joined sexually preventive/therapeutic activities are proposed, as well as educational and preventive/therapeutic psychotrauma models.

adolescents; war trauma; refugees; self-image; depression

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