For many decades, the Middle East has been troubled with numerous long‐standing armed
conflicts and wars. Children and adolescents were not spared the trauma and its …

Children bear disproportionate consequences of armed conflict. The 21st century continues
to see patterns of children enmeshed in international violence between opposing combatant …

The aims of this study were to estimate the rate of post‐traumatic stress reactions in
Palestinian children who experienced war traumas, and to investigate the relationship …

Objective: To establish rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reactions and general
mental health problems in children who had experienced war trauma. Method: A …

The article reviews developmental research among Palestinians living in Gaza. The aims
are, first, to analyze how exposure to traumatic events associates with children's mental …

Abstract The 2023 War on Gaza has inflicted significant hardships on children, posing
severe risks to their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. This paper …

The threat simulation theory of dreaming (TST)(Revonsuo, 2000) states that dream
consciousness is essentially an ancient biological defence mechanism, evolutionarily …

The current study aims to investigate the effect of cumulative exposure to violence on mental
health amongst children and adolescents living in the Gaza Strip. The sample consists of …

Collective narratives of groups in conflict—their perceived histories, beliefs, self‐image, and
those of their adversaries—play a central role in interpreting and fueling the conflict—and …

According to studies undertaken for the International Symposium of Children and War in
1983, 5% of all casualties in World War I were civilians, 50% in World War II, and over 80 …