TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Positive and negative psychological impact after secondary exposure to politically motivated violence among body handlers and rehabilitation workers
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Shiri, Shimon
A1  - Wexler, Isaiah D.
A1  - Alkalay, Yasmin
A1  - Meiner, Zeev
A1  - Kreitler, Shulamith
SP  - 906
EP  - 911
VL  - 196
IS  - 12
N2  - The positive and negative psychological impact of secondary exposure to politically motivated violence was examined among body handlers and hospital rehabilitation workers, 2 groups that differed in their proximity and immediacy to violent events. Survivors of politically motivated violence served as a comparison group. Body handlers experienced high levels of positive psychological impact and traumatic stress symptoms. Levels of positive psychological impact among on-scene body handlers were higher than those experienced by rehabilitation workers. Traumatic stress symptoms predicted positive psychological impact among body handlers. These findings indicate that proximity to stressors is associated with higher levels of positive and negative psychological impact. Physical proximity is a major contributory factor to both positive and negative psychological effects of secondary exposure to trauma.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e31818ec80b
ID  - ref1
ER  -