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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 340-343 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Traumatic Stress |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |