This article examines a psychosocial model of adaptation and development after trauma and persecution (ADAPT model) in relation to war-affected children. It suggests that research with war-affected children has covered all five psychosocial pillars in the model, but with overemphasis on the safety, followed by the attachment, domains. This review highlights that need for research and psychosocial interventions that focus on adaptation of war-affected children’s identity development, sense of justice, and meaning systems.
