Table 2 Rates of endorsement for causal factors, by refugee group
Causal factors | Afghan refugees (N = 150) | Iraqi refugees (N = 225) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very likely or likely (%) | Not likely (%) | Undecided, depends or don’t know (%) | Missing (%) | Most likely (one choice allowed)a (%) | Very likely or likely (%) | Not likely (%) | Undecided, depends or don’t know (%) | Missing (%) | Most likely (one choice allowed)a (%) | |
Biological domain | ||||||||||
Having a parent(s) with psychological problems | 78.6 | 2.7 | 18.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 57.8 | 38.2 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5.9 |
Poor physical health | 68.6 | 6.7 | 24.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 45.8 | 49.3 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 2.3 |
Problem is genetic | 47.3 | 9.3 | 43.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.1 | 60.9 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1.4 |
External higher power domain | ||||||||||
Punishment from God | 30.0 | 36.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 30.2 | 66.2 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 2.3 |
Problem is destiny | 41.3 | 30.0 | 28.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49.8 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
Psychological problem domain | ||||||||||
Having a bad childhood | 90.7 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 72.9 | 24.4 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
Having weak character | 63.3 | 10.7 | 26.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 50.7 | 44.9 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
Social/environmental adversity domain | ||||||||||
Coming from war torn country | 95.3 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 31.3 | 81.8 | 16.4 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 16.4 |
Moving to a new country | 91.3 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 15.3 | 56.4 | 38.2 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 2.7 |
Family problems | 96.0 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 20.7 | 64.4 | 32.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
Experiencing a traumatic event | 97.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 20.7 | 86.7 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 54.1 |