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DEPRESSION AND PERCEIVED FAMILY FUNCTIONING IN CROATIAN DISPLACED CHILDREN
Mirela GRGIĆ
Vesna VIDOVIĆ
Silva SOLDO-BUTKOVIĆ
Oliver KOIĆ
Abstract
The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of
depressive symptoms and perceived family functioning
in a group of 112 displaced Croatian children who had
been exiled from their homes (the eastern part of Slavonia
and Baranya) at the beginning of war in Croatia. The
children had been living in refugee camps near Osijek
for 4 years at the time of the investigation. All the
examinees completed the Croatian version of the War
Trauma Questionnaire, the Children's Depression Inventory
(CDI), and the Hudson's Index of Family Relations (HIFS).
According to previously established cut-off scores
on the CDI, 20 children (17,9%) scored within the clinical
range, and 23 children (20,5%) reported significant
problems in their perception of family relationship on HIFS.
There was a significant correlation between the number of
war traumatic experiences and CDI score, HIFS score and
the depression scores on CDI. The findings may be useful in
the planning of psychosocial intervention programmes for
traumatised children.
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Hrčak ID:
17860
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2005.
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