Assessing the Psychometric Qualities of the Refugee Post-Migration Stress Scale: A Study of Syrian Immigrants in Turkey

Oktay Tatlıcıoğlu; Hıdır Apak; Emrah Apak; Melih Sever

doi:10.26466/opusjsr.1341112

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Assessing the Psychometric Qualities of the Refugee Post-Migration Stress Scale: A Study of Syrian Immigrants in Turkey

Abstract

The aim of this study is to adapt the Refugee Post-Migration Stress Scale (RPMS) to Syrian immigrants living in Türkiye and to determine the factors associated with RPMS. In this context, the WHO-5 Well-Being Index was administered with RPMS to 250 participants living in Mardin, one of Turkey's border provinces with Syria, for the study's first phase. In the second stage, RPMS and Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale were administered to 409 Syrians together with the demographic information form prepared by the researchers. According to the CFA results applied in the first stage, the psychometric properties of the adapted version of the scale were found to be satisfactory. In the second study, it was found that social support was negatively related to the post-migration stress levels of the participants and PMS differed significantly in terms of marital status, educational status, social support, income and employment status, language proficiency, hope for the future, and ethnicity variables. Study implications and limitations are discussed.

Keywords

Post-migration stress , Syrian migrants , Mental health , Well-being , Social support

Göç Sonrası Mülteci Stres Ölçeğinin Psikometrik Özelliklerinin Değerlendirilmesi: Türkiye'deki Suriyeli Göçmenler Üzerine Bir Çalışma

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Göç Sonrası Mülteci Stres Ölçeği'ni (RPMS) Türkiye'de yaşayan Suriyeli mültecilere uyarlamak ve RPMS ile ilişkili faktörleri belirlemektir. Bu kapsamda, çalışmanın ilk aşamasında Türkiye'nin Suriye ile sınır illerinden biri olan Mardin'de yaşayan 250 katılımcıya RPMS ile birlikte WHO-5 İyi Oluş Endeksi uygulanmıştır. İkinci aşamada ise 409 Suriyeliye araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan demografik bilgi formu ile birlikte RPMS ve Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği uygulanmıştır. İlk aşamada uygulanan DFA sonuçlarına göre, ölçeğin uyarlanan versiyonunun psikometrik özelliklerinin tatmin edici olduğu görülmüştür. Çalışmanın ikinci aşaması için yapılan analiz sonuçlarına göre, katılımcıların sosyal destek algıları ile göç sonrası stres düzeyleri arasında olumsuz ilişki bulunmuştur. Ayrıca katılımcıların göç sonrası stres düzeylerinin medeni durum, eğitim durumu, sosyal destek, gelir ve istihdam durumu, dil yeterliliği, geleceğe yönelik umut ve etnik köken değişkenleri açısından anlamlı bir şekilde farklılaştığı tespit edilmiştir. Çalışmanın güncel önerileri ve sınırlılıkları tartışılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Göç Sonrası Stres , Suriyeli Göçmenler , Ruh Sağlığı , Iyi Olma Hali , Sosyal Destek.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Social Work (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Oktay Tatlıcıoğlu ^*
0000-0002-1652-797X
Türkiye

Hıdır Apak
0000-0002-2330-3093
Türkiye

Emrah Apak
Türkiye

Melih Sever
0000-0001-5818-5114
Türkiye

Early Pub Date

October 26, 2023

Publication Date

October 30, 2023

Submission Date

August 11, 2023

Acceptance Date

October 19, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 20 Number: Human Behavior and Social Institutions

DOI

https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1341112

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA42KU78UA

APA

Tatlıcıoğlu, O., Apak, H., Apak, E., & Sever, M. (2023). Assessing the Psychometric Qualities of the Refugee Post-Migration Stress Scale: A Study of Syrian Immigrants in Turkey. OPUS Journal of Society Research, 20(Human Behavior and Social Institutions), 1111-1123. https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1341112

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