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The Contribution of Loneliness and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder to Marital Adjustment Following War Captivity: A Longitudinal Study
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Family Process
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Solomon, Zahava; Dekel, Rachel
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Copyright informationCopyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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This prospective study examined the relative contribution of loneliness and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to marital adjustment among Israeli veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur war. Specifically, we examined the mediating role of loneliness as measured in 1991 in the association between PTSD as measured in 1991 and marital adjustment as measured in 2003. Our sample consisted of 225 participants divided into 2 groups: ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs) (N = 122) and a comparison group comprised of veterans who fought in the same war but who had not experienced captivity (N = 103). The findings demonstrate that ex-POWs display lower levels of marital adjustment and higher levels of PTSD than ...