Secondary Traumatization and Marital Adjustment among Former Prisoners of War Wives
We aimed to assess the associations between secondary traumatization (ST) and perception of husbands’ posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and marital adjustment among wives of former prisoners of war (POWs). Wives of Israeli ex-POWs and wives of a matched control group of combat
veterans were assessed using self-report measures. Ex-POWs’ wives reported higher levels of ST and perception of their husband's PTSS and lower levels of marital adjustment compared with veterans’ wives. Both attachment avoidance and family boundaries were associated with marital
adjustment. In addition, family boundaries moderated the relationship between wives’ attachment anxiety and marital adjustment. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Keywords: attachment dimensions; family boundaries; marital adjustment; posttraumatic stress disorder; prisoner of war; secondary traumatization
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel 2: Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel 3: Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Publication date: 04 July 2015
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