Zahava Solomon
Biographic Data
| ID | 140632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zahava Solomon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zahava |
| FAMILY NAME | Solomon |
| SIGNATURE | SOLOMON Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3447-6966 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 64 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 64 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The role of maternal postmigration living difficulties in intergenerational trauma transmission among asylum-seeker mother–child dyads
This study provides novel evidence that PMLD may amplify the toxicity of past maternal trauma exposure for poor child socioemotional outcomes via ICD-11 DSO symptoms. The intergenerational transmission pathway via the narrower fear-based ICD-11 PTSD, however, is independent of the degree of maternal PMLD. Findings suggest that policies designed to buffer intergenerational trauma transmission among forcibly displaced people may need to consider th…
Secondary posttraumatic stress symptom trajectories and perceived health among spouses of war veterans
OBJECTIVE: War-related trauma may indirectly affect veterans' spouses both in terms of secondary posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and negative perceived health. The present study aimed to examine trajectories of secondary PTSS over a twelve-year period and its association with various measures of subjectively perceived health, among spouses of war veterans. METHODS: Spouses of war veterans (n = 155) were assessed prospectively 30 (T1, 2003), …
Vulnerability reawakened
The findings demonstrate the long-term effects of both earlier experience of severe traumatic stress in young adulthood and the resultant PTSD trajectories, as reflected in increased substance use among the elderly, in the face of subsequent calamity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Predicting secondary posttraumatic stress symptoms among spouses of veterans
This study highlights the complexity of the development of ST trajectories over time. Findings supports the idea of PTSS contagion, and reveals the contributing role of both objective and perceived levels of veterans' PTSS in ST. Therefore, implementing interventions aimed at alleviating both individual and couple-level distress may be warranted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
The longitudinal associations between attitudes to aging and attachment insecurities among combat veterans
For combat veterans, the trauma of war can have lasting effects, that may later extend to attitudes toward one's own aging (ATOA). The present study sought to examine whether attachment insecurities may help to predict ATOA in later life, while also exploring the moderating role of combat exposure concerning the effects of attachment insecurities on subsequent ATOA. A cohort of 171 veterans of the Israeli 1973 Yom Kippur War (mean age = 68.4, SD …
Overwhelmed by the news
Tattoos in the Wake of Trauma
Growing numbers of trauma survivors have chosen to cope with their ongoing invisible wounds through tattooing their bodies. This phenomenon includes individuals as well as organized and documented projects held in public spaces. The topic of body modification through tattoos has benefited from an explosion in academic interest; however, there has been little scholarly attention directed at examining how tattoo practices may be understood as a mea…
What predicts unremitting suicidal ideation? A prospective examination of the role of subjective age in suicidal ideation among ex-prisoners of war
A subset of ex-POWs are exposed to continuous suicidal risk throughout their later life, more than 40 years after the war. Furthermore, an older subjective age mediated these associations, independent of the levels of T1 SI, actual age, and self-rated health. These findings suggest debilitating long-term effects of trauma for SI in later life and their connections to advanced psychological aging. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights…
The Moderating Role of Views of Aging in the Longitudinal Relationship Between Physical Health and Mental Distress
Subjective age and SLE represent distinct features of views of aging. Subjective age may reflect perceptions of one's aging process, associated more directly with health-related outcomes over time. SLE reflects future, death-related perceptions, therefore perhaps less directly associated with such outcomes
Posttraumatic Stress and Sexual Satisfaction in Husbands and Wives
Impostorism, subjective age, and perceived health among aging veterans
Pain perception and modulation in ex-POWs who underwent torture
The findings demonstrate that the experience of chronic and acute pain is rooted in the subjective perception of traumatic experiences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Premature Aging Among Trauma Survivors—The Longitudinal Implications of Sleep Disruptions on Telomere Length and Cognitive Performance
Interpersonal trauma was shown to be a unique experience resulting in sleep disruptions over time, leading to cognitive impairment. These findings highlight the importance of viewing trauma survivors at high-risk for sleep disruptions. Therefore, it is imperative to inquire about sleep and diagnose cognitive disorders to help identify and treat premature aging
Loneliness and subjective physical health among war veterans
The Role of Attachment of Each Partner on Marital Adjustment
This study conducted a latent profile analysis on quantitative data gathered from 156 married couples, so to learn more about the role of attachment and gender in marital adjustment. This study explored Finzi-Dottan, Cohen, and Tyano's (2004) theoretical model, which focuses on how the attachment of each partner contributes to the relationship's dynamics. Findings were that two partners with secure attachment reported the highest levels of marita…
Telomere Length and Depression Among Ex-Prisoners of War
Findings suggest that the detrimental ramifications of accelerated subjective age involve premature cellular senesces, and may explain the relation between depression and accelerated aging processes among trauma victims. Hence, clinical interventions may seek to address accelerated subjective age among trauma survivors who suffer from depression
Guilt as a mediator between depressive symptoms and subjective age
This longitudinal study assesses the trajectories of depressive symptoms and subjective age and the mediating role of guilt in the association between them. Two groups of aging Israeli combat veterans (M age = 57), 128 ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs), and 106 comparable combat veterans (controls), were assessed at 3 times: 18 (Time 1 [T1]), 30 (Time 2 [T2]), and 35 (Time 3 [T3]) years after the war. They filled out self-report questionnaires on dep…
Posttraumatic stress symptoms and marital adjustment among Israeli combat veterans
A sense of isolation should be addressed in therapy, as well as the interpersonal expectations of the veteran. (PsycINFO Database Record
Traumatization, Loneliness, and Suicidal Ideation among Former Prisoners of War
Although highly researched among veterans, the underlying mechanisms of suicidal ideation (SI) among former prisoners of war (ex-POWs), especially in the long-term, have rarely been investigated. Furthermore, while posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and loneliness have been individually associated with veteran SI, and both may be differentially implicated by captivity versus war traumas, the interplay between them has yet to be examined. Fillin…
Lower subjective life expectancy in later life is a risk factor for posttraumatic stress symptoms among trauma survivors
These findings suggest that different traumatic experiences, whether belonging to one's past or whether currently ongoing, predict PTSS in later life. Moreover, it appears that subjective time horizons until death, but not subjective age since birth, can buffer against the negative effect of the trauma. (PsycINFO Database Record
Intergenerational transmission of captivity trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms
Over time, both ex-POWs fathers' and mothers' PTSS are implicated in their offspring's PTSS. However, both direct and indirect effects of both parents' posttraumatic reactions contribute to the intergenerational transmission of captivity related trauma. (PsycINFO Database Record
Posttraumatic growth and perceived health
The contested discourse regarding the nature of posttraumatic growth (PTG) includes 2 main competitive claims. The first argues that PTG reflects authentic positive transformation while the second posits that PTG reflects illusory defenses that could be maladaptive in the long run. The present study assesses these competing claims by investigating secondary PTG in relation to the somatic domain. Specifically, this study investigates: (a) the asso…
World Assumptions Among Wives of Former Prisoners of War
This study examines (a) secondary trauma by evaluating World Assumptions (World Assumptions Scale scores) among spouses of Israeli ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs) and (b) the relationship between the husbands' current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and PTSD trajectory and the wives' world assumptions. Data were prospectively collected thrice for ex-POWs and comparable veterans, and twice for their spouses. This study extends current …
Secondary traumatization and self-rated health among wives of former prisoners of war
We investigated the relationships between secondary traumatization, marital adjustment, and self-rated health among wives of former prisoners of war. Participants were Israeli wives of former prisoners of war ( N = 116) and a matched control group of wives of combat veterans ( N = 56). Wives of former prisoners of war reported worse self-rated health compared to the control group of wives of combat veterans. Wives of former prisoners of war also …
Subjective Age and Health in Later Life
PTSS appear to be implicated in the link between health measures and subjective age in later life, pointing to the long-term effect of captivity and war-induced traumatic distress on aging
Coping, locus of control, social support, and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder
We examined the relations between coping, locus of control, and social support and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The sample consisted of 262 Israeli soldiers who suffered a combat stress reaction episode during the 1982 Lebanon war and were followed 2 and 3 years after their participation in combat. Cross-sectional analyses revealed significant relations between locus of control, coping, and social support and PTSD at the t…
The Cost of Caring? Social Workers in Hospitals Confront Ongoing Terrorism
The study reported here assesses the severity of post-traumatic symptoms and emotional distress among hospital social workers who provided emergency treatment to victims after terrorist attacks in Israel. We examined the contributions of personal and professional exposure to terrorism, professional training, supervision, sense of professional confidence, and optimism to the severity of distress among 144 social workers at eighteen hospitals in va…
Effects of social support and battle intensity on loneliness and breakdown during combat
The contribution of captivity and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to marital adjustment of Israeli couples
This study examined marital adjustment and relations among couples where husbands had been a prisoner-of-war (i.e., POW) and couples where husbands were veterans, but not POWs. The study also examined the relative contribution of the husband's post-traumatic stress disorder (i.e., PTSD) and POW experience to both spouses' marital adjustment. Results from 157 couples (85 former POWs and spouses as well as 72 veterans but not POWs and their spouses…
Loneliness and subjective physical health among war veterans
Responses of mental health professionals to man-made trauma
Life events, combat stress reaction and post-traumatic stress disorder
Telomere Length and Depression Among Ex-Prisoners of War
Findings suggest that the detrimental ramifications of accelerated subjective age involve premature cellular senesces, and may explain the relation between depression and accelerated aging processes among trauma victims. Hence, clinical interventions may seek to address accelerated subjective age among trauma survivors who suffer from depression
Marital Relations and Combat Stress Reaction
Zahava Solomon, Mark Waysman, Ruth Belkin, Gaby Levy, Mario Mikulincer, Dan Enoch, Marital Relations and Combat Stress Reaction: The Wives' Perspective, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 54, No. 2 (May, 1992), pp. 316-326
Tattoos in the Wake of Trauma
Growing numbers of trauma survivors have chosen to cope with their ongoing invisible wounds through tattooing their bodies. This phenomenon includes individuals as well as organized and documented projects held in public spaces. The topic of body modification through tattoos has benefited from an explosion in academic interest; however, there has been little scholarly attention directed at examining how tattoo practices may be understood as a mea…
Marital Adjustment, Parental Functioning, and Emotional Sharing in War Veterans
The current study aimed to examine the implications of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and emotional sharing in marital adjustment and parental functioning among Israeli veterans of the 1982 Lebanon War. The sample consisted of combat stress reaction (CSR) veterans ( n = 264) and non-CSR veterans ( n = 209). Results show that traumatized veterans reported lower levels of marital adjustment and more problems in parental functioning. Further…
Combat stress reactions, posttraumatic stress disorder, cumulative life stress, and physical health among Israeli veterans twenty years after exposure to combat
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Secondary traumatization and self-rated health among wives of former prisoners of war
We investigated the relationships between secondary traumatization, marital adjustment, and self-rated health among wives of former prisoners of war. Participants were Israeli wives of former prisoners of war ( N = 116) and a matched control group of wives of combat veterans ( N = 56). Wives of former prisoners of war reported worse self-rated health compared to the control group of wives of combat veterans. Wives of former prisoners of war also …
Subjective Age and Health in Later Life
PTSS appear to be implicated in the link between health measures and subjective age in later life, pointing to the long-term effect of captivity and war-induced traumatic distress on aging
The Moderating Role of Views of Aging in the Longitudinal Relationship Between Physical Health and Mental Distress
Subjective age and SLE represent distinct features of views of aging. Subjective age may reflect perceptions of one's aging process, associated more directly with health-related outcomes over time. SLE reflects future, death-related perceptions, therefore perhaps less directly associated with such outcomes
Posttraumatic Stress and Sexual Satisfaction in Husbands and Wives
World Assumptions Among Wives of Former Prisoners of War
This study examines (a) secondary trauma by evaluating World Assumptions (World Assumptions Scale scores) among spouses of Israeli ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs) and (b) the relationship between the husbands' current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and PTSD trajectory and the wives' world assumptions. Data were prospectively collected thrice for ex-POWs and comparable veterans, and twice for their spouses. This study extends current …
Predictors of Bereaved Parents' Satisfaction With Group Support
This study evaluates various aspects of group work with bereaved parents who lost a child during military service. More specifically, it assesses the unique and cumulative contributions of various features of group work to the participants' satisfaction with the group support. One hundred and thirty-eight bereaved parents, who participated in 16 support groups, answered a battery of questionnaires tapping 3 aspects of the group work: their motive…
Self Acceptance and the Selection of a Marital Partner - An Assessment of the SVR Model of Murstein
Mate selection is often explained by either the homogeneity or the complementary need model. The Stimulus-Value-Response (SVR) model that offers a framework for integration of the two models was assessed in the present study. The sample included forty-eight engaged Israeli couples. Results support the SVR model and confirm earlier research in this area. Conceptual and methodological issues are discussed
Effects of social support and battle intensity on loneliness and breakdown during combat
Somatic Complaints, Stress Reaction, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The relationships of somatic complaints and health-related habits to combat stress reaction and posttraumatic stress disorder were assessed one, two, and three years after the 1982 Lebanon War. The sample consisted of 213 combat stress reaction Israeli casualties and 116 comparable controls. Results showed that higher rates of somatic complaints were reported by both combat stress reaction and posttraumatic stress disorder casualties at all three…
Characteristic Expressions of Combat-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Israeli Soldiers in the 1982 Lebanon War
This study assessed the clinical picture of two groups of Israeli soldiers: front-line soldiers who had been treated for combat stress reaction during the 1982 Lebanon War (n = 382); and matched control front-line soldiers who did not sustain combat stress reaction (n = 334). Subjects were screened one year after the war for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychiatric symptomatology using the symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90). Results indica…
Coping, locus of control, social support, and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder
We examined the relations between coping, locus of control, and social support and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The sample consisted of 262 Israeli soldiers who suffered a combat stress reaction episode during the 1982 Lebanon war and were followed 2 and 3 years after their participation in combat. Cross-sectional analyses revealed significant relations between locus of control, coping, and social support and PTSD at the t…
Life events, combat stress reaction and post-traumatic stress disorder
Debate Reawakened
Soldiers with severe Posttraumatic Stress Disorder who did not respond favourably to the front echelon treatment units, were treated in a rear echelon treatment centre, named Combat Fitness Retraining Unit, an alternative to psychiatric hospitalization. The soldiers were given individual clinical interviews; their combat potential scores were measured to tap premorbid factors which may have contributed to the development of symptoms. Analysis ind…
Life‐events, coping strategies, social resources, and somatic complaints among combat stress reaction casualties
This study examined the relationships of life‐events, coping strategies, and social resources on the one hand and self‐report of somatic problems following the stress of combat on the other. The sample consisted of 255 Israeli soldiers who suffered a combat stress reaction episode during the 1982 Lebanon War and were followed up one and two years after their participation in combat. Correlational analyses revealed significant relationships betwee…
Delayed and immediate onset posttraumatic stress disorder
The present study examined the role of life events and social resources in the development of combat-related delayed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after homecoming. For this purpose, life events after homecoming and social resources (social integration, loneliness, satisfaction with social network, and family environment) were assessed 2 years after the 1982 Lebanon War (August, 1984) in three groups of male Israeli frontline soldiers who …
Structural equation modelling of some of the determinants of suicide risk
Much of the psychological research with suicidal patients has examined, individually or in combination, correlates and predictors of the various measures in the suicide process. The present study investigated suicidal risk as an outcome measure. Several questionnaires were administered to a sample of 94 soldiers, 61 of whom had manifested some suicidal symptoms. Using LISREL analysis, the data showed that the best model had suicide risk as direct…
Battle exhaustion
Marital Relations and Combat Stress Reaction
Zahava Solomon, Mark Waysman, Ruth Belkin, Gaby Levy, Mario Mikulincer, Dan Enoch, Marital Relations and Combat Stress Reaction: The Wives' Perspective, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 54, No. 2 (May, 1992), pp. 316-326
Sensitivity, Specificity, and Positive Predictive Value as Measures of Prediction Accuracy
Recently, investigators have identified several levels of severity among people suffering from eating disorders. One of the more commonly used scales for screening people with eating disorders is the 26-item version of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). Although decisions such as assigning individuals to treatment and control groups are often determined by the score on the EAT-26, researchers have not examined the sensitivity, specificity, and p…
Predicting Actual Weight from Self-Report Data
Due to reasons of economy of time and ease of data collection, researchers increasingly use self-report weight as a substitute for measured or actual weight. Little research has been done on the inclusion of attitudinal scales and other self-report data in improving prediction of actual weight. The present study examined self-report data as well as actual weight for a sample of 946 young women inductees to the Israel Defense Forces. The results s…
The Aftermath of Captivity
This is an 18-year follow-up of 164 former prisoners of war (POWs) and 190 controls. The study examined long-term morbidity, psychophysiological complaints, and illness-related behaviors. Psychophysiological complaints were found to be significantly higher among the POWs than among the controls. A significant association was also found between such complaints and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The individual's degree of impairm…
Compensation and psychic trauma
The precursors and outcomes of compensation-seeking in Israeli war psychiatric casualties were examined. Findings suggest that compensation was sought by veterans who had experienced the most severe traumas and had subsequently developed the most severe symptoms and functional limitations. Reported range and severity of symptoms and functional limitations did not diminish with compensation
Cognitive Control as a Buffer of War-Induced Stress in a Middle-Aged and Older Israeli Sample
Three weeks after the outbreak of the Scud Missile crisis residents of Tel Aviv and the outlying regions, aged 50–91 participated in a study the focus of which was the relationship between personal (cognitive) control of the aversive environmental stimuli and (1) distress in areas of mood and affect, and (2) distress in interaction with the social environment. Personal control was measured along two dimensions: perceived control of the situation …
War-induced psychic trauma
Eighteen years after their participation in the Yom Kippur War, the psychiatric status of two groups of Israeli veterans--112 combat stress reaction casualties and 189 comparable controls--was assessed. Casualties had higher rates and greater intensity of posttraumatic stress disorder than did controls, both initially and at 18-year follow-up. Similarly, intrusion and avoidance tendencies and psychiatric symptomatology were evidenced more often b…
Responses of mental health professionals to man-made trauma
Fear of Personal Death among Physicians
Many studies have tried to explain why professionals experience difficulty when dealing with, and in treating efficiently, situations connected with death. We studied levels of fear of personal death among physicians and addressed two questions: Does exposure to death on professional and personal levels affect the level of fear of personal death which physicians experience? Is there a relationship between personality variables, represented by the…
Repressive Coping Style, Acute Stress Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Myocardial Infarction
Objective The study examined the associations between repressive coping style, acute stress disorder (ASD) and subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after myocardial infarction (MI) to ascertain the efficacy of repressive coping style in immediate and long-term adjustment to stress. Methods A total of 116 MI patients were examined twice: within a week of their MI (time 1) and 7 months later (time 2). At time 1, repressive coping style, …
Patterns of Complicated Grief among Bereaved Parents
This study assessed patterns of grief reactions and their adaptiveness, among bereaved parents, who had lost an adult child during military service. The prevalence of the various reactions and their associations with psychosocial adjustment and risk-related factors were examined. Eighty-five bereaved parents filled out a battery of questionnaires 2.5 years after their loss. Type of grief reaction (absence, delayed, prolonged, and resolved) was id…
Predictors of Bereaved Parents' Satisfaction With Group Support
This study evaluates various aspects of group work with bereaved parents who lost a child during military service. More specifically, it assesses the unique and cumulative contributions of various features of group work to the participants' satisfaction with the group support. One hundred and thirty-eight bereaved parents, who participated in 16 support groups, answered a battery of questionnaires tapping 3 aspects of the group work: their motive…
Combat stress reactions, posttraumatic stress disorder, cumulative life stress, and physical health among Israeli veterans twenty years after exposure to combat
Posttraumatic Symptoms and Posttraumatic Growth Among Israeli Youth Exposed to Terror Incidents
This study assessed the pathogenic and salutogenic effects of exposure to terror among Israeli youth. A total of 2,999 adolescents from grades seven through nine in four areas of differing exposure to terror were assessed for objective exposure and subjective exposure to terror, and for posttraumatic symptoms and posttraumatic growth. Two—thirds of the subjects faced at least one terror incident, and one—fourth were exposed to more than three dif…
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