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March 18-19, 2019 | London, UK
6
th
World Congress on
Anxiety, Depression and Stress Management
Journal Clinical Psychiatry and Cognitive Psychology | Volume 3
Collective trauma, resilience and quality of life in fourth generation children in Palestinian camps: A
cross-sectional survey
Fayez Azez Mahamid
Northumbria University, UK
T
here is no doubt that Palestinian refugee children have
been exposed to many violent events and it is likely that
this exposure has affected them, and that they may display
some or all symptoms that correspond to the diagnostic
symptoms associated with trauma and related disorders. The
question is, however, whether displaying these symptoms
necessarily means that children suffer lack of resilience and
posttraumatic stress disorders, requiring a formof intervention,
or alternatively, whether the fear and sadness associated with
exposure to political violence are normal reactions which will
diminish with time and support from family and community
(Saleh, Giacama &Rabaia, 2014).
Moving from the premise that quality of life and resilience
in young children are key components for the further
development later in life and are influenced by many factors
in the child’s environment; this study attempts to examines
collective trauma, resilience and quality of life in fourth
generation children in Palestinian camps, the sample of the
study consisted of (30) Children aged (12- 16) years, they were
selected from five Palestinian refugee camps in West bank of
Palestine (Balata, Askar, Ein Beit al‐ma’, Nur Shams and Jenin
camps) in first semester of the academic year( 2018/2019).
Results showed that children who live in Palestinian camps
suffer from collective trauma, trauma transferred from the first
generation of Palestinian refugees to the second and further
generations via narratives and stories, results also indicated that
refugee children developed high level of resiliency in dealing
with trauma and distress.
Speaker Biography
Fayez Azez Mahamid is currently a Postdoctoral Rutherford Fellow in the Centre for
International Development at North Umbria University. He has a doctoral degree
in Clinical Psychology and served as a head of the Graduate department for Human
Sciences at An-Najah National University, Palestine. In addition, he continues to
lecture in the Department of Psychology and Counseling. His research interests focus
on mental health, trauma intervention, diagnosis, assessment, therapeutic programs
and psychosocial rehabilitation.
e:
Fayez.mahamid@northumbria.ac.uk