SynthesisChild psychiatry and human development2016
Effects of War, Terrorism and Armed Conflict on Young Children: A Systematic Review.
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- Interventions to enhance psychological resilience in forcibly displaced children: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2023Pooled it
- The association between adverse childhood experiences and common mental disorders and suicidality: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Parenting in Times of War: A Meta-Analysis and Qualitative Synthesis of War Exposure, Parenting, and Child Adjustment.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2021Pooled it
- Delivering mental health and psychosocial support interventions to women and children in conflict settings: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
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- Understanding mental health needs in Ukraine: protocol for a longitudinal survey of mental health in children and caregivers during the war in Ukraine.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Exposure of Palestinian Youth to Political Violence and Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms: The Role of Gender, Self-Esteem, and Social Support.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
- Teaching Under Fire: A Cross-Sectional Study of Dispositional and Life-Stage Correlates of Perceived Resilience Among Israeli Educators Under Missile Threat.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Disasters and crush syndrome-related acute kidney injury: What pediatric nephrologists should know.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Review
- Early Childhood Development of Rohingya Children Living in Refugee Camps.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Coping Resources of Druze and Bedouin Adolescents During the Iron Swords War.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- War-Related Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms During the First Two Postpartum Years: The Moderating Role of Childhood Adversity.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Associations of Past and Cumulative Terrorism Exposure with Community Violence Exposure Among Israeli Adolescents: Aggression and Severe Violence Commission as Moderators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Current global crises and youth mental health in Germany: the role of media use, coping and resources.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Helping Parents Explain War to Children: Simplification and Modulated Disclosure.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- The Effects of Boko Haram Terrorism on Adolescents' and Young Adults' Psychosocial Adjustment in the Northeast of Nigeria.Transcultural psychiatry · 2026Article
- Psychological difficulties in refugee adolescents with war-related experiences and forced displacement: a community-based comparison with non-refugee peers.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Anxiety, posttraumatic stress, insomnia and quality of life in Ukrainian schoolchildren during wartime.Conflict and health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Millions of children have been maimed, displaced, orphaned and killed in modern warfare that targets civilian populations. Several reviews have documented the impact of political trauma on children's mental health but none has focused specifically on young children (ages 0-6). Since developmental factors influence the young child's perception and experience of traumatic events, this developmental period is characterized by a unique spectrum of responses to political trauma. This systematic review, comprising 35 studies that included a total of 4365 young children, examined the effects of exposure to war, conflict and terrorism on young children and the influence of parental factors on these effects. Results showed that effects include PTSD and post-traumatic stress symptoms, behavioral and emotional symptoms, sleep problems, disturbed play, and psychosomatic symptoms. Correlations emerged between parental and children's psychopathology and, additionally, family environment and parental functioning emerged as moderators of the exposure-outcome association for children.
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