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Item NEURAL CORRELATES OF EMOTION REGULATION IN A SAMPLE OF SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN: AN ERP STUDY(2022-08-11) Mohamad, HanaIntroduction: The Syrian War led to millions of displaced families all around the world. A large portion of those refugees were children, who had to grow up abroad. The United States opened its doors to Syrian refugees, many of which resettled in Texas. As a result, many of these families, including the children, suffer challenges that may include depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. This study focuses on differences in regulation of emotions in these refugee children, whether they have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and if they show resilience. Methods: Using a multi-method approach, the study consisted of the Emotion Regulation Task that measures event-related potentials (ERP) from an electroencephalograph (EEG) reading, and two surveys. The Emotion Regulation Task consists of three trial conditions (while measuring the ERP): look-neutral, look-negative, and decrease-negative. One survey is the Children’s Impact of Event Scale 13 measure (CRIES-13), which assesses the children for symptoms of PTSD, and the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-R) which measures resiliency. Results: Age has a significant correlation with condition for the area under the curve (F (2,22) =4.02, p=.03). Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) with ERP trials conditions within-subject factors and max value as the outcome approached significance (F (2,24) = 2.80, p=.08). No other variables were significant. Discussion: The main significant effect was between age and condition, which indicated that the participants reacted differently, or had different abilities in regulating emotion when interacting with the various tasks due to age. Further research is to be conducted with a larger sample, language modifications, and stricter age classifications among others.Item Neural correlates of Emotion Regulation In Syrian Refugee Children: An ERP Study(2022-04-14) Mohamad, HanaSince the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, roughly 13 million Syrians have been displaced around the world. Building off decades of knowledge gained from child clinical and developmental sciences, chronic stressors, in combination with the trauma and hardship experienced in their country of origin, are expected to challenge the normative development and general well-being, placing these refugee children at risk for long term mental and physical health problems. ​Emotion Regulation in these youth is important in identifying how childhood trauma can help detect signs of psychological difficulties or illnesses. Specific to the refugee population, the war and threat-related adversities, as well as traumatic stressors experienced, can impact their ability to regulate emotions and creates challenges for their psychological status. For this study, we are focusing on the Syrian children who were born during the crisis in Syria, born in refugee camps, or were young in the events leading up to resettling in the US.