| Literature DB >> 19593807 |
Michelle Slone1, Anat Shoshani, Tal Paltieli.
Abstract
Children's psychological distress and symptoms after forced evacuation from the Gaza Strip in Israel were studied. Fifty families living in temporary residences 2 weeks postevacuation were assessed for general political and evacuation life events exposure as risk factors and family support and hardiness as protective factors. The hypothesis predicting a positive correlation between forced evacuation events and political life events and symptom levels was confirmed. Perceived family support served as a significant predictor of symptomatology, but not family hardiness, substantiating parents' role in aiding children's coping.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19593807 DOI: 10.1002/jts.20433
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Trauma Stress ISSN: 0894-9867