Paper Title
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Syrian Refugees

Abstract
Framework: Syrian refugees can develop trauma centrality affecting posttraumatic stress (PTSD) and psychiatric co-morbidity through self-efficacy and emotional suppression. Methods and hypotheses: 1,197 refugees were recruited from Turkey and Sweden. Trauma centrality would be negatively associated with self-efficacy; self-efficacy negatively associated with emotional suppression; suppression positively associated with distress outcomes. Results: controlling for demographic and trauma characteristics, trauma centrality was negatively correlated with self-efficacy; self-efficacy positively correlated with emotional suppression; suppression positively correlated with psychiatric co-morbidity only. Conclusions: War can lead to PTSD and affect general psychological symptoms by alteringrefugees’ self-perception, personal mastery and emotional expression.