Long-term adjustment among Israeli war veterans: The role of attachment style

Rachel Dekel; Zahava Solomon; Karni Ginzburg; Yuval Neria

doi:10.1080/10615800410001721184

Long-term adjustment among Israeli war veterans: The role of attachment style

Rachel Dekel, Zahava Solomon, Karni Ginzburg, Yuval Neria

School of Social Work

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This study examines the role of attachment in the long-term adjustment of Israeli veterans. The sample of participants comprised three groups of Israeli veterans who fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur War: 112 combat stress reaction (CSR) casualties, 98 veterans who received medals for bravery, and 189 controls. The CSR casualties reported higher levels of emotional distress than did participants in the two other groups. CSR veterans also showed the lowest levels of secure attachment characteristics. Additionally, the findings revealed different relationships between the avoidant style of attachment and emotional distress measures across the research groups. The implications of these findings are discussed according to two theoretical models of attachment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-152
Number of pages	12
Journal	Anxiety, Stress and Coping
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10615800410001721184
State	Published - Jun 2004

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Attachment
Csr casualties
Decorated veterans
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Wartime performance

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