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Tawahina AA

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• Research Article
  Death Anxiety, PTSD, Trauma, Grief, And Mental Health Of Palestinians Victims Of War On Gaza
  Author(s): Thabet AA, Tawahina AA, Sarraj EE and Vostanis PThabet AA, Tawahina AA, Sarraj EE and Vostanis P
  
  Purpose: Exposure to war trauma has been independently associated with posttraumatic stress (PTSD) and grief in children and adults. The aim of this study was to establish the relationship between war traumatic experiences due to last war on Gaza, PTSD, traumatic grief, death anxiety, and general mental health. 1.2. Methods: The study was conducted in the Gaza Strip; in areas exposed to war for 23 days. The sample included 374 adults aged from 22 to 65 years with mean age 40.13. Participants completed measures of experience of traumatic events (Gaza Traumatic Checklist-War on Gaza), PTSD, Grief inventory, Arabic Version of Death Anxiety Scale, and GHQ-28. 1.3. Results: Palestinians experiences variety of traumatic events: The most common reported traumatic events were: 95.7% said they hear of shelling and bombardment of the their area, 94.7% reported watching mutilated bodies in TV, 9.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/hccr.1000112

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