Trajectories of Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) after Major War among Palestinian Children: Trauma, Family- and Child-Related Predictors

240 Palestinian children and their parents completed assessments of Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) 3, 5, and 11 months after the war in Gaza. Post-traumatic stress symptoms followed one of three trajectories: recovery (high initial stress followed by a decrease), resistant (low stress across time), and increasing (high initial stress followed by an increase).