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- Forcibly displaced children, especially those separated from their fathers, face significant emotional and psychological challenges amidst war and displacement.
- The study of 1544 Syrian refugee children revealed that those who were separated from their fathers experienced more traumatic events and poorer living conditions.
- Notably, father separation was linked to increased depressive symptoms and hindered self-development in children, while maternal parenting played a supporting role in their overall well-being.
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Forcibly displaced children often face separation from their parents, particularly fathers. These children endure the hardships of war, displacement, and the loss of a key attachment figure. Despite the critical role of attachment in children's well-being during periods of heightened stress, the impact of separation due to war and displacement has received little attention in empirical work. Findings from 1544 Syrian refugee children ( = 10.97, = 2.27) living in informal settlements in Lebanon with their mothers ( = 38.07, = 8.49), including 367 father-separated children, show that father-separated children experienced more war-related events and worse refugee environments. Structural equation modelling showed that beyond the direct relation of war exposure and quality of the refugee environment on well-being, father separation was uniquely related to more depressive symptoms and worse self-development, but not to anxiety, PTSD, or externalising problems in children. Maternal parenting did not explain these outcomes, though it had a protective function for children's well-being.
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