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SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2024

The Experiences of People From Arab Countries in Coping with Trauma Resulting From War and Conflict in the Middle East: A Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis of Qualitative Studies.

Ayah Hamadeh, Farah El-Shamy, Jo Billings, Aisha Alyafei

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Synthesis in Trauma, violence & abuse, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Instrumental Reminiscence and Coping Strategies in Older Adults Exposed to Armed Conflict in Colombia.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2026
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  3. War Trauma and Strength: A Qualitative Study of Participants in the Vietnamese Insights into Cognitive Aging Program.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ayah HamadehUniversity College London, UK.
Farah El-ShamyUniversity College London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4321-2823
Jo BillingsUniversity College London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1238-2440
Aisha AlyafeiUniversity College London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9648-2179

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Middle East region has been an area of war and political conflict for several decades. There is currently limited research on the experiences of war and conflict among the individuals from Arab countries in the Middle East. The aim of this review was to systematically review and meta-synthesize qualitative literature on the experiences of individuals from Arab countries in the Middle East of going through and coping with war and political conflict. We systematically searched for relevant literature through MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Google Scholar, EThOS, OpenGrey, and

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ArabsArmed ConflictsCoping SkillsResilience, PsychologicalHumansMiddle EastQualitative ResearchArabmeta-synthesisMiddle Eastpolitical conflictqualitativesystematic reviewwar

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PMID37248949
PMCPMC10913323

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