TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived Need for Psychosocial Services in the Context of Political Violence
T2 - Psychological Distress Among Israeli Mothers with Young Children
AU - Schiff, Miriam
AU - Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - The current study investigated the association between mothers’ perceived need for psychosocial services due to exposure to political violence, and theirs and their children’s psychological distress. A representative sample of 904 Israeli mothers of young children aged 2–6 were asked to fill out a questionnaire about exposure to war and other types of trauma, psychological distress, social support, and perceived need for help. The results showed that mothers who reported a need for psychosocial services due to exposure to political violence had higher levels of exposure to political violence, depressive symptoms and more emotional problems in their young children than mothers who reported no need for help. Those who reported a need for psychosocial services also had less social support even when all other variables are controlled. Furthermore, Arab mothers and mothers with low family income perceived a greater need for psychosocial services. The implications of this study are relevant for policies of outreach to vulnerable groups in situations of ongoing political violence.
AB - The current study investigated the association between mothers’ perceived need for psychosocial services due to exposure to political violence, and theirs and their children’s psychological distress. A representative sample of 904 Israeli mothers of young children aged 2–6 were asked to fill out a questionnaire about exposure to war and other types of trauma, psychological distress, social support, and perceived need for help. The results showed that mothers who reported a need for psychosocial services due to exposure to political violence had higher levels of exposure to political violence, depressive symptoms and more emotional problems in their young children than mothers who reported no need for help. Those who reported a need for psychosocial services also had less social support even when all other variables are controlled. Furthermore, Arab mothers and mothers with low family income perceived a greater need for psychosocial services. The implications of this study are relevant for policies of outreach to vulnerable groups in situations of ongoing political violence.
KW - Depression
KW - Help-seeking
KW - Mass trauma
KW - Mothers of young children
KW - Perceived need for psychosocial services
KW - Political violence
KW - Social support
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84888253139&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10615-013-0471-0
DO - 10.1007/s10615-013-0471-0
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AN - SCOPUS:84888253139
SN - 0091-1674
VL - 42
SP - 346
EP - 356
JO - Clinical Social Work Journal
JF - Clinical Social Work Journal
IS - 4
ER -