TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Psychological consequences of forced evacuation on children: Risk and protective factors
JO  - Journal of Traumatic Stress
A1  - Slone, Michelle
A1  - Shoshani, Anat
A1  - Paltieli, Tal
SP  - 340
EP  - 343
VL  - 22
IS  - 4
N2  - Children's psychological distress and symptoms after forced evacuation from the Gaza Strip in Israel were studied. Fifty families living in temporary residences 2 weeks postevacuation were assessed for general political and evacuation life events exposure as risk factors and family support and hardiness as protective factors. The hypothesis predicting a positive correlation between forced evacuation events and political life events and symptom levels was confirmed. Perceived family support served as a significant predictor of symptomatology, but not family hardiness, substantiating parents' role in aiding children's coping.<p /> 
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SN  - 0894-9867
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20433
ID  - ref1
ER  -