title: [Quality of life and sense of coherence in former German child soldiers of World War II].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to determine the quality of life and the sense of coherence in a sample of former German child soldiers of World War II.
  
  
  METHODS
  103 participants were recruited by the press, then administered a Short-Form-Health-Survey (SF-12), a sense-of-coherence scale (SOC) and 2 qualitative questions on possible resources in the combat situation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The quality of life was not lowered compared to a comparison group of the same age. The sense of coherence was significantly higher than that of the comparison group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The participants belonged to a comparably unobtrusive group of veterans. A possible protective variable might be the high sense of coherence.
authors: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald am HANSE-Klinikum Stralsund, Stralsund. kuwert@uni-greifswald.de
authors: Philipp
authors: P
authors: Kuwert
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Knaevelsrud
authors: Jenny
authors: J
authors: Rosenthal
authors: Manuela
authors: M
authors: Dudeck
authors: Harald J
authors: HJ
authors: Freyberger
authors: Carsten
authors: C
authors: Spitzer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D035502:Trust; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D047789:World War II