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Traumatic Experiences and Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms in Kurdish Children in their Native Country and in Exile
Abdulbaghi Ahmad1, Anne-Liis Von Knorring1, Viveka Sundelin-Wahlsten1
1Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
Background:
Traumatic experiences and post-traumatic stress symptoms were assessed in Kurdish children in their native country and in exile.
Method:
312 randomly selected school-age children at two sites completed assessments of traumatic experiences and post-traumatic symptoms.
Results:
Although traumatic experiences showed more similarities than differences between the two samples, the PTSD frequencies and post-traumatic stress symptom scores were higher in Kurdistan than in exile. Living in exile showed negative correlation with PTSD frequencies and post-traumatic stress symptom scores.
Conclusions:
Living in exile seems to have trauma healing effect on children of Kurdistan.
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