TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Do combat stress reaction and posttraumatic stress disorder relate to physical health and adverse health practices? An 18‐year follow‐up of Israeli war veterans
JO  - Anxiety, stress, and coping
A1  - Neria, Yuval
A1  - Koenen, Karestan C.
SP  - 227
EP  - 239
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
N2  - This study investigated the long?term health effects of combat stress reaction (CSR) among Israeli CSR casualties (112) and control veterans (184) of the 1973 Yom Kippur war. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), physical symptoms, and adverse health practices were examined 18 years after the war. The relationship between CSR, PTSD, physical symptoms and adverse health practices was examined via hierarchical linear regression. Findings indicate that although CSR was positively associated with more current physical symptoms and adverse health practices in univariate analyses, these associations were not significant once demographic differences between the groups were controlled. In contrast, current PTSD symptoms were positively associated with current physical symptoms (p < 0.001) and showed a trend association with adverse health practices (p = 0.06). PTSD was the most powerful predictor of current physical symptoms and appears to mediate the association between CSR and physical symptoms almost two decades after the war. Both combat stress reaction and the results of the study were discussed in the light of the theory of Conservation of Resources (COR).<p /> 
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SN  - 1061-5806
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2003.10382975
ID  - ref1
ER  -