@article{ref1,
title="Hope and life satisfaction in Palestinian children victim of military violence: the predictive role of agency, potentially traumatic experiences and symptoms of trauma",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2023",
author="Veronese, Guido and Bdier, Dana and Obaid, Hania and Mahamid, Fayez and Crugnola, Cristina Riva and Cavazzoni, Federica",
volume="146",
number="",
pages="e106520-e106520",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Children exposed political violence deploy resources to maintain functioning, hope and life satisfaction. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: We sought to explore whether or not children promote hope and life satisfaction trough agency, psychological difficulties, potentially traumatic experiences and symptoms in Palestine. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: 965 children (494 males and 471 females) in multiple geographical contexts, and areas were involved. <br><br>METHODS: We administered the War Child Agency Assessment Scale, Child Hope Scale, Multilevel Students'Life Satisfaction Scale-Bref, the Strength and difficulties scale, the Child Revised Impact of events Scale, and Trauma Checklist, and performed regression analysis; hope and life satisfaction were dependent and agency, strength and difficulties, trauma symptoms and traumatic events independent variables. <br><br>RESULTS: Specific forms of agency predicted life satisfaction (β = 0.219; ** p < .01, social agency; β = 0.11; ** p < .01, with agency in education) and hope (β = 0.07; ** p < .05, agency on free movement), while mental difficulties (conduct problems, β = -0.09; ** p < .01; hyperactivity, β = -0.07; ** p < .05; β = -0.15; ** p < .01 with life satisfaction) (conduct problems, β = -0.06; ** p < .05, and difficulties in pro-social behaviour, β = -0.21; ** p < .01 with hope), traumatic events (β = -0.16; ** p < .01, with life satisfaction; β = -0.15; ** p < .01, with hope) and trauma symptoms (β = -0.09; ** p < .05, with hope) were negatively associated with the dependents variables. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: We found a positive role of social, educational, and freedom of movement agentic behaviours in fostering hope and life satisfaction.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106520",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106520"
}