Trauma exposure in pre-school children in a war
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Thabet, Abdel Aziz Mousa; Karim, Khalid; Vostanis, Panos

doi:10.1192/bjp.188.2.154

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“…The most common psycho-social disorders belong to the traumatic category: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, Traumatic Depression, somatization and so on. The disorders that affect Palestinian children are typical of daily exposure to relentless and extreme traumatic events (Thabet, Karim, & Vostanis, 2006). Experts in the field have illustrated how most Palestinian children suffer from emotional, behavioural and psychosomatic trauma-related disorders (Espie et al, 2009).…”

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The use of narrative-experiential instruments in contexts of military violence: The case of Palestinian children in the West Bank

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Castiglioni

Said

2010

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

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The use of narrative-experiential instruments in contexts of military violence: The case of Palestinian children in the West Bank

Veronese

Castiglioni

Said

2010

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

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“…The reactions to being exposed to violence intensify with increasing level and duration of violence [14,17-19]. In 2003, Thabet examined the behavioral and emotional problems of 309 Palestinian preschoolers and found that direct and indirect exposure to war trauma increases the risk of poor mental health [20]. …”

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Health-related quality of life of Palestinian preschoolers in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study

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BackgroundResearch on children's responses to wartime trauma has mostly addressed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, PTSD is only one aspect of a complex set of responses. This study proposes to expand knowledge of well-being in children exposed to political violence through widening the conceptualization of well-being beyond PTSD, morbidity, and mortality by measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and its facets, physical health, and psychosocial health.MethodsIn 2007, we used a cross-sectional random sample of kindergartens to examine factors associated with HRQOL, as measured by the PedsQL 4.0, in 350 preschoolers in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, where political violence and deprivation are widespread.ResultsAbout 65% of the mothers reported severely impaired psychosocial and emotional functioning in their children. Preschoolers had lower HRQOL than the US reference sample and samples of children in other low income countries with large effect size. HRQOL was comparable to those of US children with several chronic diseases. Factors associated with lower HRQOL were older child age, male gender, and more exposures to traumatic events. Factors associated with HRQOL subscales were for lower psychosocial health: older child age, history of food, water, and electricity deprivation during incursion, and witnessing assassination of people by rockets. For lower physical health: older child age, history of food, water, and electricity deprivation during incursion, and having heard of a killing of a friend by soldiers.ConclusionsHRQOL, including psychosocial health and emotional functioning is often severely impaired among preschoolers in the Gaza Strip. Exposure to both violent and non-violent negative events was associated with HRQOL in preschoolers.

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“…Although preschool children are highly vulnerable to the effects of traumatic events, the effects of maternal psychopathology on preschool children exposed to terrorism are not as yet well understood (Chemtob, Nomura, & Abramovitz, 2008; DeVoe, Bannon, & Klein, 2006; Fremont, 2004; Laor, Wolmer, & Cohen, 2001; Pfefferbaum, 2005; Pine, Costello, & Masten, 2005; Thabet, Karim, & Vostanis, 2006). …”

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Impact of Maternal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Following Exposure to the September 11 Attacks on Preschool Children’s Behavior

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To evaluate whether conjoined maternal posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are associated with increased behavioral problems among terrorism-exposed preschool children (N = 116; 18–54 months), this study compared clinically significant child behavioral problem rates among the preschool children of mothers with PTSD and depression, depression alone, and neither disorder. Behavioral problems were independently rated by mothers and preschool teachers. Maternal depression and PTSD, relative to maternal depression alone, and to neither disorder, were associated with substantially increased child problems. Notably, maternal depression and PTSD were associated with increased emotional reactivity (relative risk [RR] = 5.9 by mother’s and 3.4 by teacher’s reports) and aggressive behavior problems (RR = 11.0 by mother’s and RR = 5.9 by teacher’s reports). This was corroborated by teacher ratings. Implications for intervening with terrorism-exposed preschool children are discussed.

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Trauma exposure in pre-school children in a war zone

Cited by 92 publications

References 23 publications

The use of narrative-experiential instruments in contexts of military violence: The case of Palestinian children in the West Bank

The use of narrative-experiential instruments in contexts of military violence: The case of Palestinian children in the West Bank

Health-related quality of life of Palestinian preschoolers in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study

Impact of Maternal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Following Exposure to the September 11 Attacks on Preschool Children’s Behavior

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