Citation

Zerach G, Kanat-Maymon Y. J. Loss Trauma 2017; 22(5): 412-426.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15325024.2017.1310497

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the longitudinal associations between the 1973 Israeli-Arab War ex-prisoners of war's (ex-POWs) posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSS) and dyadic adjustment (DAS) and their adult offspring's secondary PTSS and DAS. A sample of 124 Israeli father-child dyads has been examined (fathers at 2003 and 2008; offspring at 2013-2014).

RESULTS show that fathers' PTSS and DAS mediated the link between war captivity and offspring's secondary PTSS and DAS, respectively. The intergenerational transmission of captivity trauma is indirectly explained by the long-term effects of the fathers' PTSS on their offspring's secondary PTSS and DAS.

Language: en