This study was funded by a grant from the European Commission, contract number INCO-CT-2004-50917

A Nickerson

Abdulah Kucukalic

AJ Pumariega

Andrew H. Kemp

C Gorst-Unsworth

C Stephens

D Ajdukovic

DB Reissman

Dea Ajdukovic

Dean Ajdukovic

DM Davydov

DS Teodorescu

Dusica Lecic-Tosevski

DV Sheehan

E Hauff

EE Werner

FH Hsieh

GA Bonanno

GI Ringdal

Gian Maria Galeazzi

H Johnson

JT de Jong

M Başoglu

M Bogic

M Dobricki

M Fazel

M Linden

M Ungar

Marija Bogic

Matthias Schützwohl

N Morina

PT Bartone

R Schweitzer

RB Flannery

RF Mollica

RL Trivers

S Priebe

SC Kobasa

SE Hobfoll

SR Maddi

Stefan Priebe

T Campbell

T Frančišković

TA Wills

Tanja Franciskovic

Z Steel

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Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
The study explored factors to which people traumatized by war attribute their recovery from posttraumatic symptoms and from war experiences.
METHODS:
In-depth interviews were conducted with two groups of participants with mental sequelae of the war in the former Yugoslavia: 26 people who had recovered from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 17 people with ongoing symptoms of PTSD. Participants could attribute their recovery to any event, person or process in their life. The material was subjected to thematic analysis.
RESULTS:
Eight themes covered all factors to which participants attributed their recovery. Six themes described healing factors relevant for both groups of participants: social attachment and support, various strategies of coping with symptoms, personality hardiness, mental health treatment, received material support, and normalization of everyday life. In addition to the common factors, recovered participants reported community involvement as healing, and recovered refugees identified also feeling safe after resolving their civil status as helpful. Unique to the recovered group was that they maintained reciprocal relations in social attachment and support, employed future-oriented coping and emphasised their resilient personality style.
CONCLUSIONS:
The reported factors of recovery are largely consistent with models of mental health protection, models of resilience and recommended interventions in the aftermath of massive trauma. Yet, they add the importance of a strong orientation towards the future, a reciprocity in receiving and giving social support and involvement in meaningful activities that ensure social recognition as a productive and valued individual. The findings can inform psychosocial interventions to facilitate recovery from posttraumatic symptoms of people affected by war and upheaval

D. Ajdukovic

M. Bogic

T. Franciskovic

A. Kucukalic

D. Lecic Tosevski

M. Schützwohl

S. Priebe

GALEAZZI, Gian Maria

Archivio istituzionale della ricerca - Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Recovery from posttraumatic stress symptoms: a qualitative study of attributions in survivors of war.

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Recovery from Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Qualitative Study of Attributions in Survivors of War

Ajdukovic, D

Bogic, M

Franciskovic, T

Galeazzi, GM

Kucukalic, A

Lecic-Tosevski, D

Schuetzwohl, M

Priebe, S

Queen Mary Research Online

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ObjectiveThe study explored factors to which people traumatized by war attribute their recovery from posttraumatic symptoms and from war experiences.MethodsIn-depth interviews were conducted with two groups of participants with mental sequelae of the war in the former Yugoslavia: 26 people who had recovered from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 17 people with ongoing symptoms of PTSD. Participants could attribute their recovery to any event, person or process in their life. The material was subjected to thematic analysis.ResultsEight themes covered all factors to which participants attributed their recovery. Six themes described healing factors relevant for both groups of participants: social attachment and support, various strategies of coping with symptoms, personality hardiness, mental health treatment, received material support, and normalization of everyday life. In addition to the common factors, recovered participants reported community involvement as healing, and recovered refugees identified also feeling safe after resolving their civil status as helpful. Unique to the recovered group was that they maintained reciprocal relations in social attachment and support, employed future-oriented coping and emphasised their resilient personality style.ConclusionsThe reported factors of recovery are largely consistent with models of mental health protection, models of resilience and recommended interventions in the aftermath of massive trauma. Yet, they add the importance of a strong orientation towards the future, a reciprocity in receiving and giving social support and involvement in meaningful activities that ensure social recognition as a productive and valued individual. The findings can inform psychosocial interventions to facilitate recovery from posttraumatic symptoms of people affected by war and upheaval

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The study explored factors to which people traumatized by war attribute their recovery from posttraumatic symptoms and from war experiences.  Methods  : In-depth interviews were conducted with two groups of participants with mental sequelae of the war in the former Yugoslavia: 26 people who had recovered from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 17 people with ongoing symptoms of PTSD. Participants could attribute their recovery to any event, person or process in their life. The material was subjected to thematic analysis.  Results  Eight themes covered all factors to which participants attributed their recovery. Six themes described healing factors relevant for both groups of participants: social attachment and support, various strategies of coping with symptoms, personality hardiness, mental health treatment, received material support, and normalization of everyday life. In addition to the common factors, recovered participants reported community involvement as healing, and recovered refugees identified also feeling safe after resolving their civil status as helpful. Unique to the recovered group was that they maintained reciprocal relations in social attachment and support, employed future-oriented coping and emphasised their resilient personality style.  Conclusions  The reported factors of recovery are largely consistent with models of mental health protection, models of resilience and recommended interventions in the aftermath of massive trauma. Yet, they add the importance of a strong orientation towards the future, a reciprocity in receiving and giving social support and involvement in meaningful activities that ensure social recognition as a productive and valued individual. The findings can inform psychosocial interventions to facilitate recovery from posttraumatic symptoms of people affected by war and upheaval

Ajduković, Dean

Ajduković, Dea

Bogić, Marija

Frančišković, Tanja

Maria Galeazzi, Gian

Kucukalic, Abdulah

Lecic-Tosevski, Dusica

Schuetzwohl, Matthias

Priebe, Stefan

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The study explored factors to which people traumatized by war attribute their recovery from posttraumatic symptoms and from war experiences.: In-depth interviews were conducted with two groups of participants with mental sequelae of the war in the former Yugoslavia: 26 people who had recovered from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 17 people with ongoing symptoms of PTSD. Participants could attribute their recovery to any event, person or process in their life. The material was subjected to thematic analysis.Eight themes covered all factors to which participants attributed their recovery. Six themes described healing factors relevant for both groups of participants: social attachment and support, various strategies of coping with symptoms, personality hardiness, mental health treatment, received material support, and normalization of everyday life. In addition to the common factors, recovered participants reported community involvement as healing, and recovered refugees identified also feeling safe after resolving their civil status as helpful. Unique to the recovered group was that they maintained reciprocal relations in social attachment and support, employed future-oriented coping and emphasised their resilient personality style.The reported factors of recovery are largely consistent with models of mental health protection, models of resilience and recommended interventions in the aftermath of massive trauma. Yet, they add the importance of a strong orientation towards the future, a reciprocity in receiving and giving social support and involvement in meaningful activities that ensure social recognition as a productive and valued individual. The findings can inform psychosocial interventions to facilitate recovery from posttraumatic symptoms of people affected by war and upheaval

Ajdukovic Dean

Ajdukovic Dea

Bogic Marija

Franciskovic Tanja

Galeazzi Gian Maria

Kucukalic Abdulah

Lecic-Tosevski Dusica

Schützwohl Matthias

Priebe Stefan

Public Library of Science (PLOS)

OBJECTIVE - The study explored factors to which people traumatized by war attribute their recovery from posttraumatic symptoms and from war experiences.



METHODS - In-depth interviews were conducted with two groups of participants with mental sequelae of the war in the former Yugoslavia: 26 people who had recovered from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 17 people with ongoing symptoms of PTSD. Participants could attribute their recovery to any event, person or process in their life. The material was subjected to thematic analysis.



RESULTS - Eight themes covered all factors to which participants attributed their recovery. Six themes described healing factors relevant for both groups of participants: social attachment and support, various strategies of coping with symptoms, personality hardiness, mental health treatment, received material support, and normalization of everyday life. In addition to the common factors, recovered participants reported community involvement as healing, and recovered refugees identified also feeling safe after resolving their civil status as helpful. Unique to the recovered group was that they maintained reciprocal relations in social attachment and support, employed future-oriented coping and emphasised their resilient personality style.



CONCLUSIONS - The reported factors of recovery are largely consistent with models of mental health protection, models of resilience and recommended interventions in the aftermath of massive trauma. Yet, they add the importance of a strong orientation towards the future, a reciprocity in receiving and giving social support and involvement in meaningful activities that ensure social recognition as a productive and valued individual. The findings can inform psychosocial interventions to facilitate recovery from posttraumatic symptoms of people affected by war and upheaval

Galeazzi, Gian Maria

Kučukalić, Abdulah

Lečić-Toševski, Dušica

Schützwohl, Matthias

Repozitorij Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu' at University of Zagreb

Recovery from Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A

Qualitative Study of Attributions in Survivors of War

Digitalni arhiv Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu

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Recovery from Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Qualitative Study of Attributions in Survivors of War

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