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Coping; Post-war setting; Familial and Contextual Adjustment Factors; Adjustment; Youth
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Youth Adjustment To The Impact Of The Sierra Leone Civil War, Daniel S. Sandy
Youth Adjustment To The Impact Of The Sierra Leone Civil War, Daniel S. Sandy
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Coping in post war settings following exposure to traumatic events often posed numerous challenges for youth health and well-being. This study explored familial and contextual factors associated with adjustment to the impact of the Sierra Leone civil war in a cross-sectional sample of 359 civilians and former recruited youth. Data were collected through a convenience sampling strategy with the use of survey questions administered face-to -face by trained research assistants in Sierra Leone from April through May of 2014. MANOVA test revealed similar adjustment status for civilians and former recruited youth twelve years after the end of the civil war. …