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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 412-426 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Loss and Trauma |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 4 Jul 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Captivity
- PTSD
- dyadic adjustment
- secondary traumatization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Psychiatric Mental Health
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Psychiatry and Mental health
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