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Background of trauma for the 46 asylum-seeking children with resignation syndrome
| Type of trauma | Boys n = 22 (%) |
Girls n = 24 (%) |
p value | Total n = 46 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| War zone | 5 (22.7) | 3 (12.5) | n.s | 8 (17.4) |
| Persecuted in homeland | 20 (90.9) | 23 (95.8) | n.s | 43 (93.5) |
| Victim of violence | 11 (50.0) | 14 (58.3) | n.s | 25 (54.3) |
| Witnessed violence inflicted on family member | 17 (77.3) | 20 (83.3) | n.s | 37 (80.4) |
| Victim of rape | 0 | 1 | n.s | 1 |
| Forced to witness mother being raped | 5 (22.7) | 6 (25.0) | n.s | 11 (23.9) |
