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  "abstract": "Background: Refugee adolescents may face many challenges during the early stages of resettlement and social and financial strains can negatively affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This can interrupt psychosocial functioning and development with possible long-term consequences.\n\nAim: To examine whether self-reported social and financial stressors during early resettlement are associated with HRQoL among refugee adolescents in Sweden, and to examine whether resilience resources moderate these associations.\n\nMethods: The sample consisted of 2,559 Syrian, Iraqi, and Afghan refugee minors, aged 12–18 years, in Sweden, who completed questionnaires assessing HRQoL, post-migration stressors, and resilience resources. The associations were examined using multivariate and univariate regression analyses. Resilience was tested as a possible moderator via interaction analyses.\n\nResults: Higher levels of social and financial stressors were associated with lower HRQoL for most dimensions (19/20 associations p < 0.05, mainly p < 0.001). However, resilience moderated only a few of them (4/19) and unexpectedly, higher resilience was in some cases linked to stronger negative associations between stressors and HRQoL.\n\nConclusions: The findings underline the importance of considering post-migration stressors in relation to HRQoL among refugee adolescents. The assumed protective role of resilience was mostly unsupported, highlighting that individual-level resources alone may not be enough to ease the impact of stressors.\n\nKey messages: • Our findings demonstrate that social and financial stressors are associated with lower HRQoL in refugee adolescents, underscoring the importance of addressing post-migration conditions.\n\n• Resilience showed limited and inconsistent moderation effect, highlighting that individual resources alone may not be sufficient to compensate for challenges in the host country.",
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  "title": "Post-migration stressors, health-related quality of life, and resilience among refugee adolescents",
  "title_text": "Post-migration stressors, health-related quality of life, and resilience among refugee adolescents",
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