Original scientific paper
The Impact of War Stress on Veterans Families
Zahava Solomon
Abstract
Studying the personality and sociodemographic variables implicated in recovery from CSR, the author of this paper and her colleagues found a surprising association between marital status and PTSD. This finding had led to a series of studies focusing on families of veterans suffering from PTSD. The studies, presented in the following paper, revealed high rates of secondary traumatizationt. That is, psychic trauma may create ripples which affect not only the victims themselves, but also those who are close to them. While veterans were traumatized directly by the war their wives and families become indirect victims of the trauma. Furthermore correlates of secondary traumatization in veterans' families are presented and discussed. The paper further discusses some moderating factors and the implications of the findings for parenthood and family life.
Keywords
CSR (Combat Stress Reaction); PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder); War veterans; Secondary traumatisation; Holocaust survivors
Hrčak ID:
202463
URI
Publication date:
22.12.1998.
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