Adjusting to a new culture and context in a new environment can be challenging, especially for unaccompanied refugee minors (Makarova et al., 2021). Despite being exposed to adversities, many URMs show resilience and strength (Keles et al., 2018). This positive functioning can be related to subjective well-being (Birman et al., 2014). There is, however, a lack of knowledge about URMs’ well-being and quality of life. Quality of life is considered a complex concept, and it can often be understood as happiness or lack thereof (World Health Organization, 2012). Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a measure of a person’s perception of their physical and mental health, which gives an understanding of their quality of life (World Health Organization, 2012). It is considered a concept of well-being where health is a state, instead of well-being as an absence of disease. It is increasingly used in population health research because it can identify health disparities in different subgroups of the population (Brand et al., 2017). This article aims to gain more knowledge about the HRQoL reported by a group of URMs, and how this relates to their reported depressive symptoms, and post-traumatic symptoms, and examine the association between health-related quality of life, and known protective characteristics such as gender and contact with family in the home country.
