TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - Postwar Winners and Losers in the Long Run: Determinants of War Related Stress Symptoms and Posttraumatic Growth JO - Community mental health journal A1 - Kimhi, Shaul A1 - Eshel, Yohanan A1 - Zysberg, Leehu A1 - Hantman, Shira SP - 10 EP - 19 VL - 46 IS - 1 N2 - The study focuses on the long-term impact of war on adolescents (N = 821) and adults (N = 870) living in a war afflicted Israeli community a year after the war. Results indicate the following: (a) stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth (PTG) correlate negatively with each other. (b) Age was positively associated with stress symptoms and negatively with PTG. (c) Economic condition predicted stress symptoms as well as PTG of adults better than exposure to traumatic events, whereas for school students the best predictor of stress symptoms was exposure to traumatic events while the best predictor of PTG was age of participants.

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LA - en SN - 0010-3853 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-009-9183-x ID - ref1 ER -