Psychological consequences of forced evacuation on children: risk and protective factors.
Children's psychological distress and symptoms after forced evacuation from the Gaza Strip in Israel were studied. Fifty families living in temporary residences 2 weeks postevacuation were assessed for general political and evacuation life events exposure as risk factors and family support and hardiness as protective factors. The hypothesis predicting a positive correlation between forced evacuation events and political life events and symptom levels was confirmed. Perceived family support served as a significant predictor of symptomatology, but not family hardiness, substantiating parents' role in aiding children's coping.
Slone
Michelle
M
Psychology Department, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel. mich@post.tau.ac.il
Shoshani
Anat
A
Paltieli
Tal
T
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003068:Coercion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011057:Politics; D002666:Psychology, Child; D018635:Rescue Work; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*