Volume 14, Issue 4 p. 817-834
Research Article

Forced displacement in Yugoslavia: A meta-analysis of psychological consequences and their moderators

Matt Porter

Matt Porter

Department of Psychology, New School University, New York, New York

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Nick Haslam

Corresponding Author

Nick Haslam

Department of Psychology, New School University, New York, New York

Department of Psychology, New School University, 65 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10003Search for more papers by this author
First published: 30 June 2005
Citations: 53

Abstract

A meta-analysis was conducted to synthesize what is known about differences in mental health between refugees and nonrefugees from the former Yugoslavia. The analysis focused on moderating effects of a variety of enduring, contextual stressors. Results indicated that refugees suffer significantly more mental health impairment than nonrefugees. The psychological consequences offorced displacement were found to vary significantly as a function of chronic stressors (e.g., locus of displacement and type of accommodation in exile) and were also associated with other factors (e.g., degree of war exposure in the nondisplaced groups, participant age, and time of data collection as reflected in year of publication). Implications for the study of refugee mental health are discussed.

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