Differences in Neuropsychological Performance between Refugee and Non-Refugee Children in Palestine

Ahmed F. Fasfous, María Nieves Pérez-Marfil, Francisco Cruz-Quintana, Miguel Pérez-García, Hala R. Al-Yamani and Manuel Fernández-Alcántara
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Ahmed F. Fasfous: Social Sciences Department, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem 92248, Palestine
María Nieves Pérez-Marfil: Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, 18010 Granada, Spain
Francisco Cruz-Quintana: Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, 18010 Granada, Spain
Miguel Pérez-García: Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, 18010 Granada, Spain
Hala R. Al-Yamani: Faculty of Education, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem 92248, Palestine
Manuel Fernández-Alcántara: Department of Health Psychology, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: Neuropsychological studies on refugee children are scarce, but there are even less in the case of Palestinian children. This work aims to study the neuropsychological performance of Palestinian refugee children in Palestine compared to other Palestinian children living outside refugee camps. A comprehensive Neuropsychological battery was administrated to 584 Palestinian school children (464 refugees and 120 non-refugees) aged 6, 7, and 8 years old. Results showed that non-refugee children outperformed refugee children in sustained attention, verbal comprehension, verbal memory, and visual memory. This study is the first to have performed a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment, based on a standardized and validated battery with the Palestinian refugee children. It supports professionals in their evaluation of neurodevelopment and neuropsychological alterations in refugee and non-refugee children in Palestine.

Keywords: refugee; neurodevelopment; cognitive; neuropsychological assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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