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Title | Mother-child expression of psychological distress in war trauma |
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The aims of this study were, first, to examine how exposure to war trauma, maternal neuroticism and psychological distress are associated with child psychological distress, and, second, whether good maternal mental health and low neuroticism can moderate the negative impact of war trauma on child mental health. Third, we examined whether mother-child dyads’ psychological distress was dependent on who was the main war trauma victim in the family: the mother, the child or both. Fourth, we tested whether mother-child dyads express similar or different symptoms. The sample consists of 121 Palestinian children (aged 6-16 years; 45% girls and 55% boys), and their mothers (aged 21-55 years) living under conditions of military violence and war in Gaza. Child psychological distress was measured … |
Type | Journal Article |
Date | 2005 |
Published in | Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry |
Series | Volume: 10, Number: 2 |
Publisher | Sage Publications |
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