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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and descriptive statistics of youth sample

From: Pathways from parental trauma exposure to Syrian and Iraqi refugee youth mental health symptoms: a multi-level mediation analysis

 

Range

M

SD

Age

6-19

12.59

2.91

Female, %

 

46.7

 

Country of origin, %

   

   Syria

 

95.2

 

   Iraq

 

3.2

 

   Other

 

1.6

 

Ethnicity, %

   

   Arab

 

98.0

 

   Kurdish

 

2.0

 

Anxiety Sxs

0-53.5

24.29

14.46

Depression Sxs

0-30

11.03

9.21

Somatic Sxs

0-13.5

4.56

4.33

Maternal

   

   Anxiety Sxs

1-2.9

1.73

0.56

   PTSD Sxs

0-64.5

24.88

18.88

   Depression Sxs

1-2.93

1.84

0.59

   Accident/Injury

0-3

0.39

0.84

   Victimization

0-0

0

0

   Death threat

0-4

0.84

1.12

   Cumulative trauma

0-7

1.31

1.72

Paternal

   

   Anxiety Sxs

1-2.9

1.65

0.55

   PTSD Sxs

0-64.5

22.51

19.30

   Depression Sxs

1-2.93

1.61

0.55

   Accident/Injury

0-4

0.76

1.07

   Victimization

0-1

0.12

0.32

   Death threat

0-4

0.96

1.10

   Cumulative trauma

0-8

1.93

1.98

  1. Note. Ranges refer to the range of sample, not possible range of scores on measures (youth: n=165; parents: n=107). LEC-5 items included in each subtype category are as follows: (1) accident/injury (items 1-4 and 12); (2) victimization (items 6, 8, and 9); and (3) death threat (items 5, 7, 10, 11, and 13-16; Contractor, 2020). Abbreviations: Symptoms (SxS)
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