Post traumatic stress disorder reactions in children of war: a longitudinal study
Child Abuse & NeglectPublished 1 February 2000
Abdel Aziz Mousa Thabet, Panos Vostanis
Citations233
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.50
SNIP1.56
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
TL;DR
PTSD reactions tend to decrease in the absence of further stressors, although a substantial proportion of children still present with a range of emotional and behavioral problems, according to a longitudinal study in the Gaza strip.
Abstract
PTSD reactions tend to decrease in the absence of further stressors, although a substantial proportion of children still present with a range of emotional and behavioral problems. Cumulative previous experience of war trauma constitutes a risk factor for continuing PTSD symptoms.
Keywords
Psychology
Archives of General PsychiatryLife Threat and Posttraumatic Stress in School-age Children
1,195 Citations1987Robert S. Pynoos
The results provide strong evidence that acute PTSD symptoms occur in school-age children with a notable correlation between proximity to the violence and type and number of PTSD symptoms.
Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryEmotional/Behavioral Problems in Clinic and Nonclinic Children: Correspondence Among Child, Parent and Teacher Reports
480 Citations1993David J. Kolko, Alan E. Kazdin
In general, informant agreement was higher for cases characterized by lower family stress and higher child acceptance, among other clinical variables, than for nonpatients than patients.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryPractice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
416 Citations1998Judith A. Cohen
American Journal of PsychiatryChildren's PTSD reactions one year after a sniper attack at their school
411 Citations1990Kathleen Nader, Robert S. Pynoos +2 more
Level of exposure to that event remained the primary predictor of ongoing posttraumatic stress reactions in 100 schoolchildren who were followed up and guilt feelings and knowing the child who was killed were associated with a greater number of symptoms.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryIsraeli Preschool Children Under Scuds: A 30-Month Follow-up
247 Citations1997Nathaniel Laor, Leo Wolmer +4 more
The maternal stress-buffering capacity constitutes a central element in children's protective matrix and is crucial in minimizing long-term internal suffering of traumatized preschool children.
Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryPost‐traumatic Stress Reactions in Children of War
229 Citations1999Abdel Aziz Mousa Thabet, Panos Vostanis
The total number of experienced traumas was the best predictor of presence and severity of PTSD, and intervention programmes for post-war children need to be evaluated.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryPrevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder in Tibetan Refugee Children
125 Citations1998David Servan‐Schreiber, BRIGITTE LE LIN +1 more
T Tibetan children who succeed in their journey into exile suffer levels of stress-related disorders comparable with those of children in war situations or those exposed to natural disasters, however, in this population, several protective factors may help reduce the level of distress over time.
American Journal of OrthopsychiatryImpact of a natural disaster on preschool children: Adjustment 14 months after a hurricane.
110 Citations1996Cynthia Cupit Swenson, Conway F. Saylor +4 more
Fourteen months after a hurricane, young children who had experienced the storm showed significantly higher anxiety and withdrawal and more behavior problems than did children who hadn't and behavioral problems decreased steadily over the six months following the storm.
BMJTrauma and mental health of children in Gaza.
87 Citations1993Fadel Abu Hein, Samir Qouta +2 more
There is a lack of longitudinal research on the impact of prolonged exposure to militarized violence and threat on the developmental process of children the future mental health of children intellectual maturation world view and tendency to behaviors such as risk taking.
Child Abuse & NeglectThe socioemotional development of orphans in orphanages and traditional foster care in Iraqi Kurdistan
78 Citations1996Abdulbaghi Ahmad, Kirmanj Mohamad
While competency scores showed an improvement in both samples at the follow-up test, the problem scores increased in the orphans' sample and decreased among the foster care subjects, and the orphanage sample reported higher frequency of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than the Foster care children.
Archives of Disease in ChildhoodSocial adversities and anxiety disorders in the Gaza Strip
75 Citations1998Abdel Aziz Mousa Thabet, Panos Vostanis
The rate and nature of anxiety disorders were similar to those established in Western societies, and factors reflecting social adversity and lack of stability were also similarly involved.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryThe Khmer Adolescent Project: III. A Study of Trauma from Thailand's Site II Refugee Camp
75 Citations1996DAN SAVIN, William H. Sack +3 more
PTSD in this sample appears to be specifically related to earlier war trauma, while depressive symptoms appear more related to recent stressors in this refugee population.
Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryLong‐term Outcome of Trauma in Children: The Psychological Consequences of a Bus Accident
62 Citations1998Dagfinn Winje, Annicken Ulvik
The clinical implications of the study are that symptoms in all children of traumatised families deserve attention during the first year post-trauma, and that objective risk indicators do not provide sufficient information to identify children at risk.
Child Abuse & NeglectThe impact of the peace treaty on psychological well-being: A follow-up study of Palestinian children
54 Citations1995Samir Qouta, Raija‐Leena Punamäki +1 more
The results showed that the level of neuroticism was significantly lower after the peace treaty than before and the more creative the children were, the more their neurotic symptoms decreased because of the treaty and the higher self-esteem they had after it.
Nordic Journal of PsychiatrySymptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among displaced Kurdish children in Iraq - victims of a man-made disaster after the Gulf war
30 Citations1992Abdulbaghi Ahmad