This study aims to understand how war trauma affects children's and adolescents' memory functions and mental health, and whether Narrative Exposure Therapy is effective in enhancing optimal memory functions and alleviating mental health problems. The study analyzes the mental health and cognitive and emotional healing mechanisms of therapeutic intervention among war-affected children and adolescents.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Centre for Torture Survivors
Helsinki, Finland
Family Counselling Centre of the City of Tampere
Tampere, Finland
Psychiatric Clinic for Traumatized Children at Tampere University Hospital
Tampere, Finland
Post-traumatic Stress as measured by Revised Impact of Event Scale
Time frame: 9 months
Depression as measured by Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children
Time frame: 9 months
Psychological Distress as measured by Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Time frame: 9 months
Resilience as measured by Child and Youth Resilience Measure
Time frame: 9 months
Cognitive Performance as measured by Working Memory Test Battery for Children
Time frame: 9 months
Quality of Traumatic Memory as measured by Trauma Memory Quality Questionnaire
Time frame: 9 months
Trauma Related Cognitions as measured by Children's Post Traumatic Cognitions Inventory
Time frame: 9 months
General functioning of autobiographical memory as measured by reported life events
Time frame: 9 months
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