@misc{10481/68870,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/68870},
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.},
organization = {Center for Development Cooperation Initiatives (Centro
de Iniciativas de Cooperación al Desarrollo—CICODE), Granada University, Spain (Reference No.
C14P11_9359)},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Refugees},
keywords = {Neurodevelopment},
keywords = {Cognitive},
keywords = {Neuropsychological assessment},
title = {Differences in Neuropsychological Performance between Refugee and Non-Refugee Children in Palestine},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph18115750},
author = {Fasfous, Ahmed and Pérez Marfil, María Nieves and Cruz Quintana, Francisco and Pérez García, Miguel},
}