Association of Trauma and PTSD Symptoms With Openness to Reconciliation and Feelings of Revenge Among Former Ugandan and Congolese Child Soldiers

Pierre Bayer, Christophe; Klasen, Fionna; Adam, Hubertus

doi:10.1001/jama.298.5.555

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Association of Trauma and PTSD Symptoms With Openness to Reconciliation and Feelings of Revenge Among Former Ugandan and Congolese Child Soldiers

Published in JAMA • Jul 31, 2007

Authors:

Christophe Pierre Bayer

Fionna Klasen

Hubertus Adam

Abstract

CONTEXT: Tens of thousands of the estimated 250,000 child soldiers worldwide are abused or have been abused during the last decade in Africa's Great Lakes Region. In the process of rebuilding the war-torn societies, it is important to understand how psychological trauma may shape the former child so...

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Feeling

Medicine

Openness to experience

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