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Assessing meaning violations in Syrian refugees: A mixed‐methods cross‐cultural adaptation of the Global Meaning Violations Scale–ArabV

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dc.contributor.authorMatos, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorÁgua, Joana
dc.contributor.authorSinval, J.
dc.contributor.authorPark, Crystal
dc.contributor.authorIndart, Monica J.
dc.contributor.authorLeal, I.
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-05T15:06:20Z
dc.date.available2022-04-05T15:06:20Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractRefugees are disproportionately affected by extreme traumatic events that can violate core beliefs and life goals (i.e., global meaning) and cause significant distress. This mixed-methods study used an exploratory sequential design to assess meaning violations in a sample of Syrian refugees living in Portugal. For this purpose, we cross-culturally adapted the Global Meaning Violations Scale (GMVS) for use with Arabic-speaking refugees. In total, 43 war-affected Syrian adults participated in the two-phase study. Participants completed measures of trauma and narrated violations as they filled out the newly adapted GMVSArabV. GMVS-ArabV validity evidence based on response processes was investigated through Phase 1 focus groups (FGs; n = 2), whereas data from Phase 2 cognitive interviews (n = 38) were used to preliminarily explore the measure’s internal structure through descriptive statistics as well as culture- and traumainformed content evidence through thematic analysis. The results suggested highest goal (M = 3.51, SD = 1.46) and lowest belief (M = 2.38, SD = 1.59) violations of educational goals and religious beliefs, respectively. Themes related to stressors, item formulation, response scale, and the global meaning construct suggested that (a) beliefs and goals can be differentially violated by different stressors; (b) much like war trauma, including torture, daily stressors can additionally shatter pretrauma global meaning; and (c) refugees reappraise meaning and suffer violations anew throughout their migration journeys. The GMVSArabV offers a promising tool for exploring shattered cognitions in refugees and informs evidence-based approaches to trauma recovery and psychological adjustment in postmigration settings (the Arabic abstract and keywords are available in the Supplementary Materials).pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCTpt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMatos, L., Água, J., Sinval, J., Park, C. L., Indart, M. J., & Leal, I. (2022). Assessing meaning violations in Syrian refugees: A mixed-methods cross-cultural adaptation of the Global Meaning Violations Scale-ArabV. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22819pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/jts.22819pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn08949867
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/8627
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
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dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellpt_PT
dc.relationSFRH/BD/129602/ 2017pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.titleAssessing meaning violations in Syrian refugees: A mixed‐methods cross‐cultural adaptation of the Global Meaning Violations Scale–ArabVpt_PT
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