@article{ref1,
title="Children's resilience to ongoing border attacks: the role of father, mother, and child resources",
journal="Child psychiatry and human development",
year="2022",
author="Al-Yagon, Michal and Garbi, Lior and Rich, Yisrael",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="To understand children's resilience to ongoing violent border attacks (low PTSD symptoms and internalizing/externalizing behavior problems, and high sense of coherence-SOC), this study examined a multidimensional model of protective resources. This model comprised factors at the family level (fathers'/mothers' coping strategies and SOC) and at the individual level (children's coping strategies and attachments with father/mother). Participants were 251 Israeli father-mother-child triads living near the border with Gaza (children ages 9-12 years). Preliminary analyses indicated children's prevalence of clinical PTSD was 6%. SEM analyses revealed the theoretical model's high fit with empirical data, χ(2)(1) = .00, p = .99, CFI = 1, TLI = 1, SRMR = .00, RMSEA = .00 [90% CI (.00,.00)]. More significant paths emerged between fathers' coping resources and children's resilience measures than for mothers' coping resources. <br><br>RESULTS also pinpointed the significant role of children's parental attachments and coping strategies. <br><br>DISCUSSION focused on the unique value of father, mother, and child risk/protective factors for explaining well-adjusted functioning among children living in conflict areas.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-398X",
doi="10.1007/s10578-021-01303-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01303-6"
}