TY - JOUR
T1 - Secondary traumatization and self-rated health among wives of former prisoners of war
T2 - The moderating role of marital adjustment
AU - Zerach, Gadi
AU - Greene, Talya
AU - Solomon, Zahava
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2013.
PY - 2015/2/5
Y1 - 2015/2/5
N2 - We investigated the relationships between secondary traumatization, marital adjustment, and self-rated health among wives of former prisoners of war. Participants were Israeli wives of former prisoners of war (N = 116) and a matched control group of wives of combat veterans (N = 56). Wives of former prisoners of war reported worse self-rated health compared to the control group of wives of combat veterans. Wives of former prisoners of war also reported higher levels of secondary traumatization, and marital adjustment moderated the relationship between wives' secondary traumatization and their general health. The experience of living with former prisoners of war who might also suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with wives' own psychological and self-rated health outcomes.
AB - We investigated the relationships between secondary traumatization, marital adjustment, and self-rated health among wives of former prisoners of war. Participants were Israeli wives of former prisoners of war (N = 116) and a matched control group of wives of combat veterans (N = 56). Wives of former prisoners of war reported worse self-rated health compared to the control group of wives of combat veterans. Wives of former prisoners of war also reported higher levels of secondary traumatization, and marital adjustment moderated the relationship between wives' secondary traumatization and their general health. The experience of living with former prisoners of war who might also suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with wives' own psychological and self-rated health outcomes.
KW - Marital adjustment
KW - Posttraumatic stress disorder
KW - Prisoner of war
KW - Secondary traumatization
KW - Self-rated health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84922345457&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1359105313502563
DO - 10.1177/1359105313502563
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???
C2 - 24058125
AN - SCOPUS:84922345457
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 20
SP - 222
EP - 235
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 2
ER -