ABSTRACT

Humanitarian research with Syrian refugees can be difficult to conduct in-person, due to COVID-19 containment, security, and logistics issues. We assessed whether the online implementation of a brief, culturally grounded resilience measure would yield reliable responses for use with children and adolescents in the Middle East region. We implemented an online survey screening for socio-economic status, insecurity, prosocial behaviour, and resilience (using the Child Youth Resilience Measure, CYRM) with 119 Syrian refugees (14–18 years old; 74 male, 45 female) living in Jordan. Responses were compared with in-person data, available for a separate cohort of 324 Syrian refugees, previously sampled in Jordan with the same survey instruments. The online CYRM produced reliable and valid responses, as shown by analyses of internal reliability, convergent and divergent validity, and 7-day test-retest consistency. We reflect on logistic, ethical, and methodological challenges of online surveys, and suggest ways to plan and execute online research with hard-to-reach, crisis-affected communities.

摘要

由于 COVID-19 的遏制、安全和后勤问题，对叙利亚难民的人道主义研究可能难以亲自进行。我们评估了在线实施简短的、基于文化的复原力措施是否会产生可靠的响应，供中东地区的儿童和青少年使用。我们对居住在约旦的 119 名叙利亚难民（14-18 岁；74 名男性，45 名女性）实施了一项关于社会经济地位、不安全感、亲社会行为和复原力的在线调查筛选（使用儿童青年复原力测量，CYRM）。将答复与现场数据进行了比较，这些数据可用于一个单独的 324 名叙利亚难民队列，这些难民以前在约旦使用相同的调查工具进行抽样。内部可靠性分析表明，在线 CYRM 产生了可靠和有效的响应，收敛效度和发散效度，以及 7 天重测一致性。我们反思在线调查在后勤、伦理和方法上的挑战，并提出在难以触及、受危机影响的社区中规划和执行在线研究的方法。