2013
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AMONG PRESCHOOLERS EXPOSED TO ONGOING MISSILE ATTACKS IN THE GAZA WAR
Kaufman‐Shriqui V, Werbeloff N, Faroy M, Meiri G, Shahar DR, Fraser D, Novack Y, Bilenko N, Vardi H, Elhadad N, Pietrzak RH, Harpaz‐Rotem I. POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AMONG PRESCHOOLERS EXPOSED TO ONGOING MISSILE ATTACKS IN THE GAZA WAR. Depression And Anxiety 2013, 30: 425-431. PMID: 23620192, DOI: 10.1002/da.22121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderOnly significant risk factorOngoing missile attacksChild posttraumatic stress disorderSignificant risk factorsYoung childrenPsychosomatic reactionsRisk factorsMaternal anxietyPosttraumatic stress symptomsSociodemographic characteristicsMothers of preschoolersStress disorderPsychosomatic correlatesMothersChildrenPsychosomatic symptomatologyStress symptomsHigh ratePreschool childrenTraumaDisordersMissile attacksTraumatic experiencesConstipation
2011
Support for a novel five-factor model of posttraumatic stress symptoms in three independent samples of Iraq/Afghanistan veterans: A confirmatory factor analytic study
Pietrzak RH, Tsai J, Harpaz-Rotem I, Whealin JM, Southwick SM. Support for a novel five-factor model of posttraumatic stress symptoms in three independent samples of Iraq/Afghanistan veterans: A confirmatory factor analytic study. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2011, 46: 317-322. PMID: 22154134, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIraq/Afghanistan veteransHyperarousal symptom clustersConfirmatory factor analytic studyFactor analytic studiesAfghanistan veteransDysphoric arousalPTSD symptomsArousal clustersCommunity samplePosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsEmotional numbing modelSymptom clustersTreatment-seeking samplePosttraumatic stress symptomsDSM-IV modelIndependent samplesFive-factor modelConfirmatory factor analysisAnxious arousalEmotional numbingNumbing modelPTSD symptomatologyDisorder symptomsStress symptomsPTSD Checklist