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Crisis Migration Adverse Childhood Events: A New Category of Youth Adversity for Crisis Migrant Children and Adolescents

The present article proposes an extension of the concept of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to apply to crisis migration – where youth and families are fleeing armed conflicts, natural disasters, community violence, government repression, and other large-scale emergencies. We propose that adver...

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Autores principales: Ertanir, Beyhan, Cobb, Cory L., Unger, Jennifer B., Celada-Dalton, Teresa, West, Amy E., Zeledon, Ingrid, Perazzo, Patrizia A., Cano, Miguel Ángel, Des Rosiers, Sabrina E., Duque, Maria C., Ozer, Simon, Cruz, Natalie, Scaramutti, Carolina, Vos, Saskia R., Salas-Wright, Christopher P., Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M., Nehme, Lea, Martinez, Charles R., Zayas, Luis H., Schwartz, Seth J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10661744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36626084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-01016-x
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Sumario:The present article proposes an extension of the concept of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to apply to crisis migration – where youth and families are fleeing armed conflicts, natural disasters, community violence, government repression, and other large-scale emergencies. We propose that adverse events occurring prior to, during, and following migration can be classified as crisis-migration-related ACEs, and that the developmental logic underlying ACEs can be extended to the new class of crisis-migration-related ACEs. Specifically, greater numbers, severity, and chronicity of crisis-migration-related ACEs would be expected to predict greater impairments in mental and physical health, poorer interpersonal relationships, and less job stability later on. We propose a research agenda centered around definitional clarity, rigorous measurement development, prospective longitudinal studies to establish predictive validity, and collaborations among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.