@article{ref1,
title="Physical health symptoms in peacekeepers: has the role of deployment stress been overrated?",
journal="Stress, trauma and crisis",
year="2005",
author="Norris, Rebecca L. and Maguen, Shira and Litz, Brett T. and Adler, Amy B. and Britt, Thomas W.",
volume="8",
number="4",
pages="251-265",
abstract="Using a prospective design, physical health symptoms were examined in a sample of 198 peacekeepers. At pre-deployment, general life stressors and pre-deployment stress symptoms were significant predictors of physical health symptoms. At post-deployment, physical health symptoms were predicted by pre-existing physical health symptoms and stress symptoms reported before and after the mission; mission-related stressors were not associated with physical health symptoms. In addition, stress symptoms mediated the relationship between exposure and physical symptoms. Finally, the hyperarousal symptom cluster was a better predictor of physical health complaints than the other symptom clusters. Implications and limitations are discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="1543-4613",
doi="10.1080/15434610500406376",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15434610500406376"
}