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Rachel Dekel
Other affiliations: Tel Aviv University
Bio: Rachel Dekel is an academic researcher from Bar-Ilan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Distress. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 125 publications receiving 3916 citations. Previous affiliations of Rachel Dekel include Tel Aviv University.
Topics: Poison control, Distress, Medicine, Psychology, Social work
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TL;DR: This article is a review of the literature on intergenerational transmission of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from fathers to sons in families of war veterans and highlights the current paucity of knowledge regarding family members and extrafamilial systems that may contribute to intergenerations transmission of PTSD or to its moderation.
Abstract: This article is a review of the literature on intergenerational transmission of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from fathers to sons in families of war veterans. The review addresses several questions: (1) Which fathers have a greater tendency to transmit their distress to their offspring? (2) What is transmitted from father to child? (3) How is the distress transmitted and through which mechanisms? And finally, (4) Which children are more vulnerable to the transmission of PTSD distress in the family? Whereas the existing literature deals mainly with fathers' PTSD as a risk for increased emotional and behavior problems among the children, this review also highlights the current paucity of knowledge regarding family members and extrafamilial systems that may contribute to intergenerational transmission of PTSD or to its moderation. Little is also known about resilience and strengths that may mitigate or prevent the risk of intergenerational transmission of trauma.
319 citations
TL;DR: In spite of the continuous wars and political conflicts throughout the world and the compelling evidence establishing an association between PTSD and close relationship problems, only limited review and discussion of these issues have been done.
212 citations
TL;DR: The results indicate that ex-POWs exhibited higher levels of PTSD andPTG than did the controls, and both linear and quadratic associations between PTSD and PTG were found.
Abstract: In this article, the authors present a prospective study that dealt with pathological (posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD) and salutary (posttraumatic growth; PTG) outcomes of captivity and the correlates of those outcomes among a sample of ex-prisoners of war (POWs) and a control group of combat veterans. Posttraumatic stress disorder and its correlates were assessed in 1991 and 2003, and PTG was assessed in 2003. The results indicate that ex-POWs exhibited higher levels of PTSD and PTG than did the controls. In addition, both linear and quadratic associations between PTSD and PTG were found. The authors discuss some unresolved issues related to assessment of PTG and salutary outcomes, and outline directions for future research.
200 citations
TL;DR: Findings reveal how the lives of these women largely revolved around their husbands illness, and the wives faced constant tension between being drawn into a fusion with their husbands and the struggle to maintain their independence.
Abstract: We present the findings from a qualitative study examining the marital perceptions of 9 wives of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Data were from a semistructured in-depth focus group interview. Findings reveal how the lives of these women largely revolved around their husbands illness. The wives faced constant tension between being drawn into a fusion with their husbands and the struggle to maintain their independence. In addition, the wives identified positive aspects of the marital relationship that granted them strength for current and future coping. Implications for practice are included.
159 citations
TL;DR: Results indicate that women from both research groups suffer from higher levels of burden and distress than controls and the level of separation-individuation was found to be correlated to levels ofurden and distress.
Abstract: This study has two aims. First, it assesses the implication of husbands' post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-concussion syndrome (PC) on their wives' sense of burden and emotional distress. The second aim was to examine the implication of the women's separation-individuation on their adjustment. Sixty women participated in study: 20 women married to war veterans diagnosed as suffering to PTSD, 20 women married to war veterans suffering from PC, and 20 women married to healthy controls. Data was collected using self report questionnaires assessing psychiatric symptomatology, caregiver burden and psychological separation-individuation. Results indicate that women from both research groups suffer from higher levels of burden and distress than controls. The level of separation-individuation was found to be correlated to levels of burden and distress. The complex implications of living with a traumatized spouse are discussed.
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TL;DR: The effect size of all the risk factors was modest, but factors operating during or after the trauma, such as trauma severity, lack of social support, and additional life stress, had somewhat stronger effects than pretrauma factors.
Abstract: Meta-analyses were conducted on 14 separate risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the moderating effects of various sample and study characteristics, including civilian/military status, were examined. Three categories of risk factor emerged: Factors such as gender, age at trauma, and race that predicted PTSD in some populations but not in others; factors such as education, previous trauma, and general childhood adversity that predicted PTSD more consistently but to a varying extent according to the populations studied and the methods used; and factors such as psychiatric history, reported childhood abuse, and family psychiatric history that had more uniform predictive effects. Individually, the effect size of all the risk factors was modest, but factors operating during or after the trauma, such as trauma severity, lack of social support, and additional life stress, had somewhat stronger effects than pretrauma factors.
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TL;DR: Shattered Assumptions: Toward a New Psychology of Trauma, Ronnie Janoff-Bulman as mentioned in this paper, 256 pp. ISBN 0-02-916015-4.Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, Judith Lewis Herman. New York: Basic Books, 1992.
Abstract: Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence — from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, Judith Lewis Herman. New York: Basic Books, 1992. 276 pp. $27.00. ISBN 0-465-08765–5.Shattered Assumptions: Toward A New Psychology of Trauma, Ronnie Janoff-Bulman. New York: The Free Press, 1992, 256 pp. $24.95. ISBN 0-02-916015–4.
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