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| Trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms in former German child soldiers of World War II | | Author(s) | Philipp Kuwert, Carsten Spitzer, Jenny Rosenthal |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 20, no 5, October 2008 |
| Pages | pp 1014-1018 |
| Keywords | Stress ; Pain ; Children ; War ; Life span ; Germany. |
| Annotation | The amount of trauma impact and significant post-traumatic stress symptoms - which can indicate a possible post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - was determined in a sample of former German child soldiers of World War II. 103 participants were recruited through the press, and were administered the Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS). Subjects reported a high degree of trauma exposure, with 4.9% reporting significant post-traumatic stress symptoms after WWII, and 1.9% reporting that these symptoms persist in the present. In line with other studies on child soldiers in actual conflict settings, the data document a high degree of trauma exposure during war. Surprisingly, the prevalence of significant post-traumatic stress symptoms indicating a possible PTSD was low compared to other groups of ageing, long-term survivors of war trauma. Despite some limitations, the data highlight the needs for further studies to identify resilience and coping factors in traumatised child soldiers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081127205 A |
| Classmark | QNH: CT7: SBC: VMC: BG6: 767 |
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