TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Physical health symptoms in peacekeepers: has the role of deployment stress been overrated?
JO  - Stress, trauma and crisis
A1  - Norris, Rebecca L.
A1  - Maguen, Shira
A1  - Litz, Brett T.
A1  - Adler, Amy B.
A1  - Britt, Thomas W.
SP  - 251
EP  - 265
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1543-4613
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15434610500406376
ID  - ref1
ER  -