title: Depression among unaccompanied minor refugees: the relative contribution of general and acculturation-specific daily hassles.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study is designed to provide an empirical conceptualization of daily hassles among unaccompanied refugees, and whether they might affect mental health of young refugees after resettlement. First, we examined the underlying structure of daily hassles conceptualized as measuring general and acculturation-specific hassles. Second, we examined whether these two distinct categories of daily hassles significantly contribute to depression above and beyond the impact of premigration trauma.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was based on self-report questionnaire data collected from 895 unaccompanied refugees who had been granted residence in Norway.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using structural equation modeling, the results confirmed the grouping of hassles in two general categories, which explained 43% of the variance in depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings underscore the importance of current life conditions for unaccompanied refugees' mental health.
authors.affiliation: a Norwegian Institute of Public Health , Department of Child Development and Mental Health , Oslo , Norway.
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keles
authors.affiliation: b UiT The Arctic University of Norway , Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychology , Tromso , Norway.
authors.forename: Oddgeir
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Friborg
authors.affiliation: c University of Oslo , Norwegian Center for Child Behavioural Development , Oslo , Norway.
authors.forename: Thormod
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Idsøe
authors.affiliation: d New York University , Department of Applied Psychology , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Selcuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sirin
authors.affiliation: a Norwegian Institute of Public Health , Department of Child Development and Mental Health , Oslo , Norway.
authors.forename: Brit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oppedal
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009664:Norway; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Unaccompanied minor refugees; acculturative stress; daily hassles; depression