Psychosocial Adjustment in Siblings of Children with War-Related Injuries

Autor/in	Khamis, Vivian
Titel	Psychosocial Adjustment in Siblings of Children with War-Related Injuries
Quelle	In: International Journal of Special Education, 28 (2013) 1, S.69-79 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0827-3383
Schlagwörter	Social Adjustment; Emotional Adjustment; Incidence; Predictor Variables; War; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Emotional Disturbances; Behavior Problems; Siblings; Sibling Relationship; Injuries; Severity (of Disability); Gender Differences; Attribution Theory; Risk; Coping; Cognitive Ability; Cognitive Restructuring; Behavior Modification; Therapy; Foreign Countries; Refugees; Muslims; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Multivariate Analysis; Gaza Strip; West Bank; Impact of Event Scale; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Anpassung; Emotionale Anpassung; Vorkommen; Prädiktor; Krieg; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Gefühlsstörung; Sibling; Geschwister; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Schweregrad; Geschlechterkonflikt; Risiko; Bewältigung; Denkfähigkeit; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Therapie; Ausland; Flüchtling; Muslim; Muslimin; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Multivariate Analyse; Gaza-Streifen; Westjordanland
Abstract	The study assessed the prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic symptomatology and emotional and behavioral difficulties in siblings of children who incurred war-related injuries. It was predicted that injury severity, gender and attributional style would account for a significant amount of the variance in post-traumatic stress symptoms and emotional and behavioral difficulties in those siblings. The sample consisted of 406 siblings of both genders with a mean age of 12.50 years. The results indicated that injury severity, gender and attributional style were related to emotional and behavioral difficulties and symptoms of post-traumatic stress, except for gender and post-traumatic stress .Siblings of children with severe injury appeared to be at greater risk for intrusive thoughts and avoidance as well as emotional and behavioral difficulties. Females exhibited more emotional and behavioral problems than did males. Siblings with more maladaptive attributional styles endorsed more emotional-behavioral problems and symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Techniques for strengthening coping abilities designed to enhance cognitive control may be used with siblings at risk, particularly females and siblings of children who sustained a severe injury. Treatments such as trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy may incur positive results. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10