The purpose of this study was to gain insight into refuges experience of
traumatic events such as torture, political persecution, war, natural disasters
and other trauma. For the study used theories which, inter alia, deals with
many of the refugees coming to Sweden is influenced by various psychological
trauma and may be accompanied by torture, political persecution, war, natural
disasters and other trauma. To this study, a survey with 40 participants, 17
women and 23 men. There was also an interview on the Internet with a refugees
consultant within the Red Cross. The men had higher average than women in all
the perceived problems. Mann-Whitney test showed that there were no gender
differences in terms of some of the perceived problems. Participants most
positive experience was that they were aware that they have survived and have
come to a safer country. The negative experience was that they could not speak
Swedish, that they were forced to leave their home country, they were forced to
adapt to Swedish society, they have lost their identity, they feel constant
concern about being returned to their home country, they felt helpless and that
they can not be in their home country. The most common problem was the tendency
to flinch at the sudden sound or movement and reminder of the seats. The least
most common problem was that they had a tendency to isolate themselves from
others. In the discussion held discussion around all sections such as the
ethical aspects have been taken when the questionnaire touched on sensitive
issues, but that they were general, and do not affect sensitive memories,
participation was voluntary and that other research has studied similar issues.
Syfte med denna studie var att få insikt i flyktingars upplevelse kring
traumatiska händelser såsom tortyr, politiskt förföljelse, krigsupplevelse,
naturkatastrofer och andra trauman. Till studien användes teorier som bland
annat tar upp att många av de flyktingar som kommer till Sverige är påverkade
av olika psykiska trauman och det kan vara genom tortyr, politiskt förföljelse,
krigsupplevelse, naturkatastrofer och andra trauman. Till studien gjordes en
enkätundersökning med 40 deltagare, 17 kvinnor och 23 män. Det gjordes även
intervju via internet med en flyktingskonsult inom Röda Korset. Männen hade
högre medelvärde än kvinnorna på samtliga upplevda problem. Mann-Whitney
testet visade att det inte fanns några könsskillnader när det gäller några utav
de upplevda problemen. Studiens deltagares mest positiva upplevelse var att de
kände att de har överlevt samt har kommit till ett tryggare land. Det
negativa som studiens deltagare upplevde var att de inte kunde det svenska
språket, att de var tvungna att lämna hemlandet, de var tvungna att anpassa sig
till det svenska samhället, de har förlorat sin identitet, de känner ständig
oro för att skickas tillbaka till hemlandet, de kände sig hjälplösa samt att de
inte kan vara i sitt hemland. De vanligaste problemen var benägenhet att rycka
till vid plötsliga ljud eller rörelse och påminnelse om platser. Det minst
vanligaste problem...
