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Delayed and immediate onset posttraumatic stress disorder: The role of life events and social resources
Author(s) -
Solomon Zahava,
Mikulincer Mario,
Waysman Mark
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(199107)19:3<231::aid-jcop2290190304>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - homecoming , loneliness , posttraumatic stress , psychology , psychiatry , social support , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , history , art history
The present study examined the role of life events and social resources in the development of combat‐related delayed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after homecoming. For this purpose, life events after homecoming and social resources (social integration, loneliness, satisfaction with social network, and family environment) were assessed 2 years after the 1982 Lebanon War (August, 1984) in three groups of male Israeli frontline soldiers who participated in that war and who were matched for military and socio‐demographic background: (1) delayed PTSD group, (2) immediate PTSD group, and (3) control group. Findings indicated that both control and delayed PTSD casualties reported similar and fewer life events at homecoming than did immediate PTSD casualties. However, delayed PTSD casualties evinced less social resources than did controls.