TY - JOUR
T1 - Posttraumatic stress and growth
T2 - The contribution of cognitive appraisal and sense of belonging to the country
AU - Dekel, Rachel
AU - Nuttman-Shwartz, Orit
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - The study has three aims: (1) to compare the effect of the Qassam attacks in two types of communities: development town and kibbutz; (2) to examine the relationship between posttraumatic stress (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG); and (3) to examine the contribution that level of exposure, cognitive appraisal, and sense of belonging to the country make to PTS and PTG. The sample consisted of 134 residents, 67 living on two kibbutzim and 67 living in the development town of Sderot. Results revealed that the development town residents reported more PTS symptoms and more PTG than did the kibbutz residents, and the association between PTS and PTG was positive. In addition, the findings show that most of the predictors contribute to either PTS or PTG, or predicted them differently. The discussion examines the results in light of the current literature on PTS and PTG.
AB - The study has three aims: (1) to compare the effect of the Qassam attacks in two types of communities: development town and kibbutz; (2) to examine the relationship between posttraumatic stress (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG); and (3) to examine the contribution that level of exposure, cognitive appraisal, and sense of belonging to the country make to PTS and PTG. The sample consisted of 134 residents, 67 living on two kibbutzim and 67 living in the development town of Sderot. Results revealed that the development town residents reported more PTS symptoms and more PTG than did the kibbutz residents, and the association between PTS and PTG was positive. In addition, the findings show that most of the predictors contribute to either PTS or PTG, or predicted them differently. The discussion examines the results in light of the current literature on PTS and PTG.
KW - Country
KW - Posttraumatic growth
KW - Posttraumatic stress
KW - Sense of belonging
KW - Terror
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67149096665&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/hsw/34.2.87
DO - 10.1093/hsw/34.2.87
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C2 - 19425338
AN - SCOPUS:67149096665
SN - 0360-7283
VL - 34
SP - 87
EP - 96
JO - Health and Social Work
JF - Health and Social Work
IS - 2
ER -