Mental Health Practitioners’ Experiences During the Shared Trauma of the Forced Relocation from Gush Katif

Dekel, Rachel

doi:10.1007/s10615-009-0258-5

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“…It seems that in time of great need for support, mothers feel less supported. The lack of support may be related to the phenomenon of shared trauma , especially with regard to political violence, where all support sources may be equally affected by the same traumatic events (Dekel, 2010; Dekel, Nuttman-Shwartz, & Lavi, 2016; Koren et al, 2009) or to discrepancies between maternal perceived and actual support (Maercker & Horn, 2013).…”

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Multiple Traumas, Maternal Depression, Mother–Child Relationship, Social Support, and Young Children’s Behavioral Problems

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Pat‐Horenczyk

Ziv

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J Interpers Violence

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This study examined whether maternal depression, mother-child relationships, and maternal perceived social support mediate the associations between child's exposure to multiple traumatic events and behavioral problems. We recruited a representative sample of 904 Israeli (Jewish and Arab) mothers and their 2- to 6-year-old children. Data collection was conducted through structured face-to-face interviews with the mothers between July and November 2011. All measures were completed by the mothers. We used the child's and mother's exposure to political violence questionnaires, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), a short version of the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ), the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Social Support Survey. The research study model was tested using path analysis. The model showed a very good fit to the data, suggesting that maternal rejection, maternal depression, and social support play an important role in child's behavioral problems in the context of multiple traumatic events. Higher levels of maternal rejection were significantly associated with greater children behavior problems. Maternal rejection mediated the associations between maternal depressive symptoms and child's behavioral problems. Maternal perceived social support mediated the associations between child's exposure to multiple traumatic events and child's behavioral problems; child's exposure to multiple traumatic events was associated with lower levels of maternal perceived social support. In turn, lower levels of perceived social support were associated with higher levels of behavioral problems. In conclusion, in accordance with the "social stress framework," social support has a mediation role in the association between exposure to traumatic events and child's behavioral problems. Thus, enhancing social support to mothers to young children in the context of multiple traumatic events is essential for children resiliency.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multiple Traumas, Maternal Depression, Mother–Child Relationship, Social Support, and Young Children’s Behavioral Problems

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Pat‐Horenczyk

Ziv

et al. 2017

J Interpers Violence

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“…Reciprocity: professionals and shared trauma Professionals in palliative care often experience the same traumatic reality that affects their patients and there is a mutual influence of personal experiences with professional responsibilities underscoring the reciprocal nature of the therapeutic exchange (Dekel, 2010;Tosone et al, 2016). As an individual's receptiveness is contingent on an "others" openness to them (Hooghe et al, 2011;Robinson, 2006), when health professionals are "open to" placing themselves in positions where they are potentially vulnerable, this "symbiotic receptivity" can provide the foundation of a positive therapeutic alliance and thus has implications for receptivity to support.…”

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“You either need help…you feel you don't need help…or you don't feel worthy of asking for it:” Receptivity to bereavement support

Blackburn

Bulsara

2018

Pall Supp Care

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The study comprised a qualitative descriptive research design using semistructured interviews with 24 bereaved individuals, nine palliative care health professionals, and four Aboriginal Health Professionals. Participants were recruited via palliative care services in country Western Australia. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed. Result Findings revealed that a range of individual, social, and geographical factors influence receptivity to bereavement support and can impact on utilization of bereavement support services. Significance of results Receptivity provides a frame of reference to enhance understanding of factors influencing engagement in psychosocial support in bereavement. Receptivity promotes a shift of service provider perspectives of effective supportive care to consumer-centric reasons for engagement.

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“…Those who experienced the political conflict the most may feel more support is needed while the adults in school are trying to balance continuing “normal” schooling and addressing students’ emotional demands. On the other hand, it is possible that school staff also experienced the shared trauma, which led to their decreased capacity in providing support to students (Dekel, 2010; Dekel & Baum, 2010). Teachers might be preoccupied by concerns about their own and their families’ safety and lacked internal resources to provide support to their students.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Political violence exposure, adolescent school violence, and drug use: The mediating role of school support and posttraumatic stress.

Fang

Schiff

Benbenishty

2016

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Adolescents may engage in risk behaviors to cope with the negative psychological impacts resulting from exposure to political violence. Guided by the Deterioration Deterrence Model and General Strain Theory, the present study assessed the mediating role of school support and posttraumatic stress (PTS) on two adolescent risk behaviors (i.e., school violence and drug use) among Arab and Jewish Israeli adolescents. We analyzed data from a nationally representative survey that consisted of 4,733 Israeli high school students (54.5% females; 63.2% Jewish) following the Second Lebanon War. Structural equation modeling using weighted data bootstrapped with 2,000 iterations evaluated the mediated effects of school support and PTS. The results showed that both school support and PTS mediated the pathways from political violence exposure to school violence and drug use. However, although school support and PTS fully mediated the relationship between political violence exposure and these risk behaviors for Jewish students, school support and PTS only partially mediated the relationships for Arab students. While school support can help decrease the detrimental effect of exposure to terrorism and war, Israeli adolescents exposed to more political violence may perceive receiving less school support than those experiencing less exposure. Findings of this study provide evidence for the theorized mediated pathways between political violence exposure and adolescent risk behaviors by PTS and school support. The study serves as a basis for future research that can unpack the relationship between exposure to political violence and adolescent risk-taking behaviors. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Mental Health Practitioners’ Experiences During the Shared Trauma of the Forced Relocation from Gush Katif

Cited by 22 publications

References 31 publications

Multiple Traumas, Maternal Depression, Mother–Child Relationship, Social Support, and Young Children’s Behavioral Problems

Multiple Traumas, Maternal Depression, Mother–Child Relationship, Social Support, and Young Children’s Behavioral Problems

“You either need help…you feel you don't need help…or you don't feel worthy of asking for it:” Receptivity to bereavement support

Political violence exposure, adolescent school violence, and drug use: The mediating role of school support and posttraumatic stress.

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