Refugees’ coping strategies towards stressful life events
Refugees’ coping strategies towards stressful life events

Summary/Abstract: In the present research-, that took place in ‘Praksis’ offices, counseling centres of the N.G.O. ‘Doctors without frontiers’ in Athens, Greece-99 Refugees were participated: 62 males and 36 females. Their countries of origin were: Syria, Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, Zaire, Eritrea, Iraqi, Iran, Cameroon, Mauritania, Miramar, Nigeria, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Sri Lanka, and Turkey. The purpose of the study was to investigate which coping strategies were used by the refugees, who lived in traumatic life situations. It was found out that a variety of coping strategies were selected, so that those refugees could surpass their painful experiences andadjust gradually in their new way of life, away from their home country. Specifically, strategies mostly used were social support (65%), behavioral change (55%), faith in God (80%) and the effort to control negative emotions (40%).

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