Traumatic Events Exposure and Psychological Trauma in Children Victims of War in the Gaza Strip

dc.contributor.authorManzanero, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorCrespo, María
dc.contributor.authorBaron, Susana
dc.contributor.authorScott, María Teresa
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-02T19:49:31Z
dc.date.available2022-03-02T19:49:31Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe present article studies war-related trauma and its effects on children living in the Gaza Strip, 6 months after the attack launched by the Israeli army on July 8, 2014, which lasted for 51 days. The objective was twofold: (a) to identify the prevalence of exposure to traumatic events and (b) to examine the symptoms of traumatic stress in children as described by their parents or tutors using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ). Data from 1,850 male and female children aged between 6 and 15 years living in the Gaza Strip were collected throughout the months of February and April 2015, that is 6 months after the attack]. Results showed that the majority of the children were exposed to bombardments and residential area destruction (83.51%), were confined at home unable to go outside (72.92%), were witness to the profanation of mosques (70.38%), were exposed to combat situations (66.65%), and saw corpses (59.95%). A sample of 275 males (28.3%) and 232 females (26.5%) showed diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Gender and age were independent of PTSD. The presence of this pathology was positively related to the number of trauma events experienced. The type of traumatic experience was hardly related to age and gender. A greater protection on behalf of the families against exposure to traumatic events could explain these differences.es
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dc.identifier.citationManzanero, A. L., Crespo, M., Barón, S., Scott, T., El-Astal, S., & Hemaid, F. (2021). Traumatic events exposure and psychological trauma in children victims of war in the Gaza Strip. Journal of interpersonal violence, 36(3-4), 1568-1587.es
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517742911es
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/5646
dc.language.isoenes
dc.subjectTraumaes
dc.subjectWares
dc.subjectChildrenes
dc.subjectVictimes
dc.subjectPsychological traumaes
dc.subjectPost-traumatic stress disorderes
dc.titleTraumatic Events Exposure and Psychological Trauma in Children Victims of War in the Gaza Stripes
dc.typeArticlees
dcterms.sourceJournal of Interpersonal Violencees

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