TY - JOUR
T1 - The psychological impact of impending forced settler disengagement in Gaza
T2 - Trauma and posttraumatic growth
AU - Hall, Brian J.
AU - Hobfoll, Stevan E.
AU - Palmieri, Patrick A.
AU - Canetti-Nisim, Daphna
AU - Shapira, Oren
AU - Johnson, Robert J.
AU - Galea, Sandro
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - The Israeli government's decision to remove settlers in the Gaza Strip forcibly produced a situation of traumatic stress, resulting from confrontation and conflict for settlers. The authors examined the effects of the Gaza disengagement, that occurred following prolonged terrorist exposure, on rates of probable major depressive disorder (MDD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis in a representative sample of Gaza settlers (N = 190). Predictors of probable MDD in multivariate models were being female, and experiencing greater economic and psychosocial resource loss. Predictors of probable PTSD were being older and experiencing greater psychosocial resource loss. Posttraumatic growth was significantly related to a reduction in the odds of having probable PTSD. This latter finding is interpreted within our conceptualization of action-focused growth.
AB - The Israeli government's decision to remove settlers in the Gaza Strip forcibly produced a situation of traumatic stress, resulting from confrontation and conflict for settlers. The authors examined the effects of the Gaza disengagement, that occurred following prolonged terrorist exposure, on rates of probable major depressive disorder (MDD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis in a representative sample of Gaza settlers (N = 190). Predictors of probable MDD in multivariate models were being female, and experiencing greater economic and psychosocial resource loss. Predictors of probable PTSD were being older and experiencing greater psychosocial resource loss. Posttraumatic growth was significantly related to a reduction in the odds of having probable PTSD. This latter finding is interpreted within our conceptualization of action-focused growth.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=41549110240&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/jts.20301
DO - 10.1002/jts.20301
M3 - Article
C2 - 18302180
AN - SCOPUS:41549110240
SN - 0894-9867
VL - 21
SP - 22
EP - 29
JO - Journal of Traumatic Stress
JF - Journal of Traumatic Stress
IS - 1
ER -
