TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of War, Terrorism and Armed Conflict on Young Children
T2 - A Systematic Review
AU - Slone, Michelle
AU - Mann, Shiri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Millions of children have been maimed, displaced, orphaned and killed in modern warfare that targets civilian populations. Several reviews have documented the impact of political trauma on children’s mental health but none has focused specifically on young children (ages 0–6). Since developmental factors influence the young child’s perception and experience of traumatic events, this developmental period is characterized by a unique spectrum of responses to political trauma. This systematic review, comprising 35 studies that included a total of 4365 young children, examined the effects of exposure to war, conflict and terrorism on young children and the influence of parental factors on these effects. Results showed that effects include PTSD and post-traumatic stress symptoms, behavioral and emotional symptoms, sleep problems, disturbed play, and psychosomatic symptoms. Correlations emerged between parental and children’s psychopathology and, additionally, family environment and parental functioning emerged as moderators of the exposure–outcome association for children.
AB - Millions of children have been maimed, displaced, orphaned and killed in modern warfare that targets civilian populations. Several reviews have documented the impact of political trauma on children’s mental health but none has focused specifically on young children (ages 0–6). Since developmental factors influence the young child’s perception and experience of traumatic events, this developmental period is characterized by a unique spectrum of responses to political trauma. This systematic review, comprising 35 studies that included a total of 4365 young children, examined the effects of exposure to war, conflict and terrorism on young children and the influence of parental factors on these effects. Results showed that effects include PTSD and post-traumatic stress symptoms, behavioral and emotional symptoms, sleep problems, disturbed play, and psychosomatic symptoms. Correlations emerged between parental and children’s psychopathology and, additionally, family environment and parental functioning emerged as moderators of the exposure–outcome association for children.
KW - PTSD
KW - Parental functioning
KW - Psychopathology
KW - War
KW - Young children
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84954570026&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10578-016-0626-7
DO - 10.1007/s10578-016-0626-7
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C2 - 26781095
AN - SCOPUS:84954570026
SN - 0009-398X
VL - 47
SP - 950
EP - 965
JO - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
JF - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
IS - 6
ER -