Intergenerational transmission of captivity trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms: A twenty three-year longitudinal triadic study

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue , 2017, Pages 114-121

  Zerach, Gadi ^a   Levin, Yafit ^b   Aloni, Roy ^b   Solomon, Zahava ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Captivity; family; PTSS; secondary traumatization; triad

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER OF WAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; VETERAN; WAR EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PRISONERS OF WAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990852888     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000203     Document Type: Article

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