TY - GEN
T1 - Coping with war captivity: The contribution of personality resources
AU - Dekel, Rachel
AU - Solomon, Zahava
AU - Ginzburg, Karni
AU - Neria, Yuval
AU - Zakin, Giora
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - Being a prisoner of war (POW) is one of the most traumatic experiences to which individuals may be subjected. The literature shows that exposure to war captivity may result in long lasting scars manifested in psychological, somatic, cognitive, and functional impairment, including PTSD reactions. However, there is a wide variability in these distress reactions among POWs. The question is do personality characteristics account for the variability in psychosocial responses to war captivity? The present chapter examines the unique and combined contribution of three personal resources: Sensation seeking, attachment, and hardiness to mitigate the negative effects of captivity, as manifested in PTSD. © 2006 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
AB - Being a prisoner of war (POW) is one of the most traumatic experiences to which individuals may be subjected. The literature shows that exposure to war captivity may result in long lasting scars manifested in psychological, somatic, cognitive, and functional impairment, including PTSD reactions. However, there is a wide variability in these distress reactions among POWs. The question is do personality characteristics account for the variability in psychosocial responses to war captivity? The present chapter examines the unique and combined contribution of three personal resources: Sensation seeking, attachment, and hardiness to mitigate the negative effects of captivity, as manifested in PTSD. © 2006 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
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