Predictors of psychological distress in Lebanese hostages of war

Saab, Bassem; Chaaya, Monique; Doumit, Myrna; Farhood, Laila

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00505-1

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“…Possible reasons include greater parental role strains, 24 particularly as raising children is mainly the mother's responsibility. Our data and those of others showed that more schooling led to significantly better physical and psychological well-being, 1,7,13,18 possibly because it results in better knowledge, job opportunities, and living conditions. Adjusted ORs showed women from Hey El-Sullom and Bourj El-Barajneh (predominantly Muslims) had higher PD than women from Nabaa (predominantly Christians).…”

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confidence: 73%

“…3,4 The prevalence of PD was also higher than in population-based studies of special groups like tortured Lebanese hostages released from an Israeli prison (42%). 18 By contrast, higher levels of PD (55.6%) were noted among Syrian women attending primary health care centres. 19 Nevertheless, we do not think these high levels are artefacts: other cross-national comparative studies found Lebanon to have the highest levels of PD.…”

Section: Prevalence Of Pdmentioning

confidence: 91%

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Psychological Distress Among Marginalized Women in the Outskirts of Beirut: Determinants and Association with Health Perception

Saab

Salem

Chaaya

et al. 2005

Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Me

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Section: Determinants Of Pdsupporting

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Psychological Distress Among Marginalized Women in the Outskirts of Beirut: Determinants and Association with Health Perception

Saab

Salem

Chaaya

et al. 2005

Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Me

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“…de Jong, et al, 2002;Garbarino & Kostelny, 1996;Giacaman, Shannon, et al, 2007;Morina & Ford, 2008;Punama ki, et al, 2005;Saab, Chaaya, & Doumit, 2003). Within political violence, the range of experiences may also vary according to a variety of time-dependent contextual variables, such as the move from acute to chronic, low-level violence; the post-conflict atmosphere; and the development stage of the individual, family or community (Betancourt, 2011;Montiel, 2000).…”

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Individual and Collective Dimensions of Resilience Within Political Violence

Sousa

Haj‐Yahia

Feldman

et al. 2013

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Research has documented a link between political violence and the functioning of individuals and communities. Yet, despite the hardships that political violence creates, evidence suggests remarkable fortitude and resilience within both individuals and communities. Individual characteristics that appear to build resilience against political violence include demographic factors such as gender and age, and internal resources such as hope, optimism, determination and religious convictions. Research has also documented the protective influence of individuals' connection to community and their involvement in work, school or political action. Additionally, research on political violence and resilience has increasingly focused on communities themselves as a unit of analysis. Community resilience, like individual resilience, is a process supported by various traits, capacities, and emotional orientations towards hardship. This review addresses various findings related to both individual and community resilience within political violence and offers recommendations for research, practice, and policy.2

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“…Questions on life-events included questions on general life-events such as death of a loved-one, birth of a child, marriage, etc., problems in social relations, such as conflict with spouse or with friends, and about financial problems, such as loss of job, or loans due. The social support questionnaire consisted of 8 questions adapted from a study on prisoners of war by Saab et al (2003), with slightly altered wording so that it reflected general war experiences as opposed to experience as prisoner of war. The questions concerned availability of emotional and financial support, as well as a sense of being needed and appreciated by others.…”

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Symptom Prevalence of PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Effect of Exposure and Mediating Factors on a Population from Southern Lebanon

Farhood¹,

Dimassi²

2006

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Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing this collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (0704-0188), 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. (From -To) REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY) April 2006 REPORT TYPE Final DATES COVERED PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBERAmerican University of Beirut New York, New York 10017-2303 SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel CommandFort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012 SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S) DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENTApproved for Public Release; Distribution Unlimited SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ABSTRACTThe Israeli occupation of the South of Lebanon has affected the mental and physical health of the people living in the region. The current research aimed at studying the exposure to war related traumatic events, establishing the prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and level of General Psychiatric Morbidity, as well as looking at some predictor variables for PTSD among the general population. The sample consisted of 256 randomly selected participants in two adjacent towns. The instruments used were the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The majority of the respondents had experienced one or more war-related traumatic events. The overall prevalence of PTSD was found to be 29.3%; among females the prevalence was 36.6% and among males 20.9%. The level of general psychiatric morbidity was high compared to studies in other countries. Both PTSD and psychiatric morbidity correlated highly with PTSD and general psychiatric morbidity. The main predictor for PTSD was the degree of exposure to traumatic events.15. Subject Terms (keywords previously assigned to proposal abstract or terms which apply to this award) traces on the psychological and physical health of the population in the area. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the exposure to traumatic events, the prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), general psychiatric morbidity and some modulating factors in a sample from the general population in South Lebanon. A survey on 256 persons was conducted in two adjacent towns in the formerly occupied r...

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Predictors of psychological distress in Lebanese hostages of war

Cited by 34 publications

References 26 publications

Psychological Distress Among Marginalized Women in the Outskirts of Beirut: Determinants and Association with Health Perception

Psychological Distress Among Marginalized Women in the Outskirts of Beirut: Determinants and Association with Health Perception

Individual and Collective Dimensions of Resilience Within Political Violence

Symptom Prevalence of PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Effect of Exposure and Mediating Factors on a Population from Southern Lebanon

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