The Prevalence and Characteristics of Psychological Disturbances among War-Affected Children: Looking to the Voices of Cambodian Children
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| dc.contributor.author | Kovensky, Rachel A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-20T20:24:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-20T20:24:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-06 | |
| dc.description | 105 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Millions of children around the globe have been killed, maimed, disabled, or orphaned as a result of armed conflict. Children have been exposed to brutal death, dangerous escape or flight; violence; physical injury; mutilation; rape; starvation; loss of family, friends, community, or home; and other war-related trauma. This exposure can have a significant and long-lasting psychological impact such as the development of PTSD symptoms. The development of psychological disturbances is largely determined by each individual child's set of risk and resiliency factors. Cambodian children, who grew up under the Khmer Rouge, provide an excellent illustration of children who have been affected by war. Their primary accounts shed light on the horrific experiences of children amid armed conflict, the psychological symptoms endured, and the risk and resiliency factors that influenced each child's likelihood for developing psychopathology. These accounts further illuminate the need for developmentally appropriate and culturally competent prevention and intervention methods. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/29266 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
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| dc.subject | children | en_US |
| dc.subject | psychological disturbances | en_US |
| dc.subject | war | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cambodian children | en_US |
| dc.subject | armed conflict | en_US |
| dc.title | The Prevalence and Characteristics of Psychological Disturbances among War-Affected Children: Looking to the Voices of Cambodian Children | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | en_US |