TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - Rescue volunteers' posttraumatic symptoms, distress, and fear of death: attachment insecurity moderates JO - Death studies A1 - Berant, Ety A1 - Pizem, Noam SP - 121 EP - 127 VL - 39 IS - 3 N2 - This study addresses the contribution of attachment orientations of ultra-orthodox volunteer rescuers involved in terror events to their posttraumatic symptoms, distress, and fear of death. We compared 53 ultra-orthodox rescuers operating in a terror-stricken area in Israel to 36 ultra-orthodox men unexposed to terror. Rescuers displayed lower distress than controls, but were not significantly different in fear of death or posttraumatic symptoms. Attachment anxiety was found to be a risk factor by contributing uniquely to posttraumatic symptoms, distress, and fear of death, and as a debilitating factor among rescuers.

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LA - en SN - 0748-1187 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2014.913087 ID - ref1 ER -