RT Article
T1 Status Symmetry Effect: The Association of Exposure and PTS in Israel-Palestine and Northern Ireland
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 33
IS 4
SP 788
OP 805
A1 Hirsch-Hoefler, Sivan
A1 Vashdi, Dana R.
A1 Lowe, Robert D.
A1 Muldoon, Orla
A1 Hobfoll, Stevan E.
A1 Canetti, Daphna
A2 Vashdi, Dana R.
A2 Lowe, Robert D.
A2 Muldoon, Orla
A2 Hobfoll, Stevan E.
A2 Canetti, Daphna
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1759094641
AB A multi-national sample was used to investigate mechanisms that were hypothesized to moderate the relationship between exposure to political violence and symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTS). We hypothesized that a) the phase of the conflict and b) the status asymmetry of the conflicting parties would moderate the relationship between exposure and PTS symptoms. We used original data from four groups: Israelis and Palestinians (n = 2,572), and Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland (n = 343). Looking at these two conflicts, we found that the positive relationship between exposure to violence and posttraumatic stress symptoms ceases to exist in a post-conflict setting (F(1, 2053) = 4.95, p < .05, η2 = 0.002). Interestingly, we found that PTS symptoms were highest among minority group members in an ongoing conflict irrespective of exposure to political violence (F(1, 2053) = 120.74, p < .001,η2 = 0.06). We provide explanations for these findings and discuss their psychological implications for victimized groups and the wider geopolitics of intergroup conflict.
K1 posttraumatic stress symptoms
K1 exposure to political violence
K1 Northern Ireland
K1 Palestine
K1 Israel
DO 10.1080/09546553.2019.1590342