TY - CHAP
T1 - Coping with war captivity
T2 - The contribution of personality resources
AU - Dekel, Rachel
AU - Solomon, Zahava
AU - Ginzburg, Karni
AU - Neria, Yuval
AU - Zakin, Giora
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
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.
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.
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AN - SCOPUS:84896415164
SN - 1594545707
SN - 9781594545702
SP - 111
EP - 130
BT - People under Extreme Stress
PB - Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
ER -