支持新移民群体的过渡性 (STRONG):检查城市公立学校的有效性和可接受性
Catherine DeCarlo Santiago1, Susana Sosa1, Tali Raviv2,3
1Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
American journal of community psychology
|January 15, 2025
概括
支持新移民群体的过渡弹性 (STRONG) 计划在改善难民和移民学生的心理健康方面表现有前途. 初步发现表明,焦虑和外部化症状减少了,尽管应对疗效需要进一步研究.
科学领域:
- 儿童和青少年心理学 儿童和青少年心理学
- 移民和难民心理健康
- 基于学校的干预措施
背景情况:
- 新来的难民和移民学生在重新安置期间面临着独特的心理健康挑战.
- 现有的支持系统可能无法充分满足这一群体的创伤信息和基于优势的需求.
- 基于学校的计划为提供心理健康支持和改善服务获取提供了一个重要的平台.
研究的目的:
- 评估STRONG计划对新来的学生的可接受性和有效性.
- 检查STRONG对心理健康结果的影响,包括焦虑,抑郁和性.
- 从学生,教师和辅导员那里收集关于 STRONG 干预的感知好处和挑战的定性数据.
主要方法:
- 采用了一组随机的等候名单控制设计.
- 64名多元化的新生学生样本参加了STRONG计划.
- 通过采访学校工作人员和专注小组与计划主持人收集了定性数据.
主要成果:
- 与等候名单对照组相比,直接接受STRONG治疗组的学生表现出焦虑/抑郁和外部化症状的显著减少.
- 定性数据支持了STRONG计划的可接受性和感知效益.
- 观察到应对效率的意外下降,与学校类型相关的显著相互作用.
结论:
- 强大计划在支持新来的年轻人的心理健康方面表现出初步的有效性.
- 需要进一步的研究来完善干预措施并解决观察到的结果,例如应对效率下降.
- STRONG代表了一种有希望的,基于创伤的,基于优势的方法,用于为移民和难民学生提供基于学校的心理健康支持.
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