| Literature DB >> 19229610 |
Shaul Kimhi1, Yohanan Eshel, Leehu Zysberg, Shira Hantman.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19229610 DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9183-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Community Ment Health J ISSN: 0010-3853