Posttraumatic resilience in former Ugandan child soldiers.
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Posttraumatic resilience in former Ugandan child soldiers. / Klasen, Fionna; Oettingen, Gabriele; Daniels, Judith; Post, Manuela; Hoyer, Catrin; Adam, Hubertus.
In: CHILD DEV, Vol. 81, No. 4, 4, 2010, p. 1096-1113.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Posttraumatic resilience in former Ugandan child soldiers.
AU - Klasen, Fionna
AU - Oettingen, Gabriele
AU - Daniels, Judith
AU - Post, Manuela
AU - Hoyer, Catrin
AU - Adam, Hubertus
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The present research examines posttraumatic resilience in extremely exposed children and adolescents based on interviews with 330 former Ugandan child soldiers (age = 11-17, female = 48.5%). Despite severe trauma exposure, 27.6% showed posttraumatic resilience as indicated by the absence of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and clinically significant behavioral and emotional problems. Among these former child soldiers, posttraumatic resilience was associated with lower exposure to domestic violence, lower guilt cognitions, less motivation to seek revenge, better socioeconomic situation in the family, and more perceived spiritual support. Among the youth with significant psychopathology, many of them had symptoms extending beyond the criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder, in keeping with the emerging concept of developmental trauma disorder. Implications for future research, intervention, and policy are discussed.
AB - The present research examines posttraumatic resilience in extremely exposed children and adolescents based on interviews with 330 former Ugandan child soldiers (age = 11-17, female = 48.5%). Despite severe trauma exposure, 27.6% showed posttraumatic resilience as indicated by the absence of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and clinically significant behavioral and emotional problems. Among these former child soldiers, posttraumatic resilience was associated with lower exposure to domestic violence, lower guilt cognitions, less motivation to seek revenge, better socioeconomic situation in the family, and more perceived spiritual support. Among the youth with significant psychopathology, many of them had symptoms extending beyond the criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder, in keeping with the emerging concept of developmental trauma disorder. Implications for future research, intervention, and policy are discussed.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 81
SP - 1096
EP - 1113
JO - CHILD DEV
JF - CHILD DEV
SN - 0009-3920
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -
