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    Mental Health of Refugees and Migrants during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Experienced Discrimination and Daily Stressors


    Spiritus-Beerden, Eva, Verelst, An, Devlieger, Ines, Langer Primdahl, Nina, Botelho Guedes, Fábio, Chiarenza, Antonio, De Maesschalck, Stephanie, Durbeej, Natalie, Garrido, Rocío, Gaspar de Matos, Margarida, Ioannidi, Elisabeth, Murphy, Rebecca, Oulahal, Rachid, Osman, Fatumo, Padilla, Beatriz, Paloma, Virginia, Shehadeh, Amer, Sturm, Gesine, van den Muijsenbergh, Maria, Vasilikou, Katerina, Watters, Charles, Willems, Sara, Skovdal, Morten and Derluyn, Ilse (2021) Mental Health of Refugees and Migrants during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Experienced Discrimination and Daily Stressors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (12). p. 6354. ISSN 1660-4601

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    Abstract

    The COVID-19 pandemic is a defining global health crisis of our time. While the impact of COVID-19, including its mental health impact, is increasingly being documented, there remain important gaps regarding the specific consequences of the pandemic on particular population groups, including refugees and migrants. This study aims to uncover the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of refugees and migrants worldwide, disentangling the possible role of social and daily stressors, i.e., experiences of discrimination and daily living conditions. Descriptive analysis and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the responses of N = 20,742 refugees and migrants on the self-reporting global ApartTogether survey. Survey findings indicated that the mental health of refugees and migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly impacted, particularly for certain subgroups, (i.e., insecure housing situation and residence status, older respondents, and females) who reported experiencing higher levels of increased discrimination and increases in daily life stressors. There is a need to recognize the detrimental mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on particular refugee and migrant groups and to develop interventions that target their unique needs.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: refugees; migrants; mental health; discrimination; COVID-19;
    Academic Unit: Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute
    Item ID: 18570
    Identification Number: 10.3390/ijerph18126354
    Depositing User: Rebecca Murphy
    Date Deposited: 23 May 2024 11:21
    Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/18570
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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