Life‐events, coping strategies, social resources, and somatic complaints among combat stress reaction casualties

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9616899
AutoresZahava Solomon (0000-0003-3447-6966, International Solomon University, autor de correspondencia), Mario Mikulincer (0000-0003-3639-0146, Bar-Ilan University), Nava Habershaim (Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps)
Año1990
Volumen63
Número2
Páginas137-148
Fecha de publicación1990-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Medical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-1129 • E-ISSN: 2056-5194
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8341.1990.tb01607.x
PMID2375936
OpenAlexW1976692596
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6

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 between life‐events, coping, and social resources and somatic complaints. However, regression analyses found that after prior somatization and current psychiatric status were controlled for, the level of perceived social resources was the only variable that significantly contributed to somatization. Theoretical and methodological implications of the findings are discussed

Anxiety · Coping (psychology) · Psychiatry · Social support · Somatization · Somatization disorder · Clinical Psychology · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology