Abstract
Refugees face enormous levels of stress post migration. These levels of stress put the refugees at risk forpsychological and physical problems to add to their already existing burdens. Resiliency is known to reduce riskfor stressors and increase ability to deal with burdens refugees face. 86 Iraqi refugees in Jordan participated inthis study through 7 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working with Iraqi refugees in Jordan.Participants filled out the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the Marlowe-Crowne SocialDesirability Scale – Short Form (MC-SDS-SF). Results showed moderate resiliency levels amongst Iraqirefugees in Jordan. No differences between refugees’ gender, age, and marital status were found. But differencesbetween educational levels were found, indicating significantly higher resiliency scores for participants of highereducational levels. Results also showed that spiritual influence was the highest contributor to the refugees’resiliency. Implications of these results are discussed.
Highlights
Millions of Iraqis have fled the violence spread in Iraq after the gulf war in 2003 to Jordan (Devi, 2007)
This study investigates the overall level of resiliency amongst Iraqi refugees in Jordan, and whether gender, age, educational levels, and marital statuses make any difference in resiliency amongst Iraqi refugees in Jordan
Current study results show that the overall resiliency level amongst Iraqi refugees in Jordan is moderate
Summary
Millions of Iraqis have fled the violence spread in Iraq after the gulf war in 2003 to Jordan (Devi, 2007). About 2 million Iraqis fled to Jordan making it the first host country for Iraqi refugees. The exact number of them who stayed in Jordan is not clear. Numbers provided by Jordanian officials (180 000) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) (300 000) remain inconsistent (Chatelard, 2002). Disasters resulting of any reason including armed conflicts can result in physical and psychological harm, both can take a toll on the psychological well-being of the affected population. Inherent issues of conflict, such as trauma, violence, life threats, uncertainty, separation from family and/or losing family members, poverty, depletion of financial reserve, and living in transient conditions can often make displaced populations experience an increased risk of mental health disorders
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