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Health effects of war stress on Norwegian World War II resistance groups: A comparative study
Author(s) -
Major Ellinor F.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1023/b:jots.0000004085.00499.81
Subject(s) - stressor , norwegian , resistance (ecology) , psychology , public health , spanish civil war , psychiatry , demography , medicine , environmental health , political science , sociology , law , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , nursing , biology
The main aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which adverse long‐term health effects of World War II stress exposure were present in 3 groups of resistance veterans. The groups had been exposed to different types of war stressors: concentration camp incarceration, resistance participation within the illegal press, and a secret military organization. With the differences in war stressors as a basis, we assumed that those incarcerated in a concentration camp would display more adverse health effect compared to the resistance veterans. The findings point to a relationship between the severity of war stressors and postwar health in all 3 groups.