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Self-reported health and coping strategies of Ukrainian female refugees in the Czech Republic

Authors

MAZHAK Iryna PALUDO Ana Carolina SUDYN Danylo

Year of publication 2024
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source EUROPEAN SOCIETIES
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

Citation
Web https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616696.2023.2203230?src=
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2023.2203230
Keywords Refugees; female's health; self-reported health; coping strategies; the BRIEF-COPE; Ukraine
Description The main aim of the study was to investigate the coping strategies and their association with self-reported general health/psychological status in Ukrainian female refugees' sample (N = 919) in the Czech Republic. The BRIEF-COPE inventory was employed to investigate coping strategies. Binomial logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between self-reported general health status and self-reported psychological status with coping strategies adjusted by socio-demographics. The findings showed that within problem-focused coping strategies, planning what to do and taking action to try to make the stressful situation better has been found the most frequently used. Among the emotion-focused coping, more often used strategies connected with accepting the situation and learning to live in new circumstances. On side of avoidance coping strategies, only strategies to work or to do other activities 'to take their minds off things' were used more often. Further, outcomes revealed that ineffective coping strategies of self-blame and behavioral disengagement were associated with poorly reported general health/psychological status, and effective coping strategy was positively associated with better-reported psychological status. The research outcomes could be useful for the policymakers to help Ukrainian female refugees to better adapt to the country and avoid worsening physical and mental health statuses.

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