الخبرات الصادمة واضطراب المسلك لدى الأطفال المدمرة بيوتهم بالمناطق الحدودية في شرق محافظة خانيونس // Traumatic Experiences and Conduct Disorder among Children from Destroyed Homes in the Border Areas East of Khan Younis Governorate

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.13169/bethunivj.34.2017.0012
• Pages: 12-32
• Published date: 01 January 2017
• Date: 01 January 2017
• Author: يحيى النجار,عطاف أبو غالي

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Traumatic Experiences and Conduct Disorder among Children from

Destroyed Homes in the Border Areas East of Khan Younis Governorate

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Abstract

The study aimed to identify the degree of exposure to traumatic experiences and their most

common types among Palestinian children with destroyed homes in the border areas of the

Khan Younis Governorate, and to identify the extent of conduct disorder among them as well

as the differences in the degree of traumatic experiences and conduct disorder that can be at-

tributed to gender. The traumatic experiences scale was administered to a random sample of

200 boys and girls, while the conduct disorder scale was applied to a random sample of 200

parents. The results showed that the severe degree of exposure to the traumatic experiences

was 26.5%, while the moderate degree was 71%, and the low degree was 2.5%. The most

common traumatic experiences among children were hearing jet fighters with a mean of

0.755, followed by complete house destruction, partial destruction with a mean of 7.25, and

fleeing homes and under bombardment which amounted to a mean of 0.70. The prevalence

of conduct disorder as perceived by parents was 5.5%. The results also showed differences

in the degree of exposure to traumatic experiences attributable to gender in favor of males,

even though there were no gender differences in the prevalence of conduct disorder.

Keywords: Traumatic Experiences, Conduct Disorder, Border Areas, Destroyed Homes

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