Predictors of psychological distress and positive resources among Palestinian adolescents: trauma, child, and mothering characteristics
This study examined the predictors of psychological distress in Palestinian children exposed to military trauma. The initial sample comprised 108 children from schools within refugee camps and urban areas in the occupied Gaza Strip, Palestine. The participants were first studied in 1993 (during the First Intifada) when they were 10 to 11 years old, and subsequently followed up in 1996 (during the period of the Palestinian Authority rule), and again in 2000 (just before the start of the Al Aqsa Intifada), when they were aged 17 to 18 years.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
108 (participants)
Age at first data collection
10 - 11 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1982 - 1983 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1993
Primary Institutions
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
No funding information available
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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