Postwar winners and losers in the long run: Determinants of war related stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth

Shaul Kimhi; Yohanan Eshel; Leehu Zysberg; Shira Hantman

doi:10.1007/s10597-009-9183-x

Postwar winners and losers in the long run: Determinants of war related stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth

Shaul Kimhi, Yohanan Eshel, Leehu Zysberg, Shira Hantman

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Abstract

The study focuses on the long-term impact of war on adolescents (N = 821) and adults (N = 870) living in a war afflicted Israeli community a year after the war. Results indicate the following: (a) stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth (PTG) correlate negatively with each other. (b) Age was positively associated with stress symptoms and negatively with PTG. (c) Economic condition predicted stress symptoms as well as PTG of adults better than exposure to traumatic events, whereas for school students the best predictor of stress symptoms was exposure to traumatic events while the best predictor of PTG was age of participants.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10-19
Number of pages	10
Journal	Community Mental Health Journal
Volume	46
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-009-9183-x
State	Published - Feb 2010

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Acknowledgments This study was supported by grant from the UJA Federation of New York.

Keywords

Economic condition
Exposure to traumatic events
Gender
Posttraumatic growth
Second Lebanon War
Stress symptoms

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Health(social science)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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