Combat high or traumatic stress: violent offending is associated with appetitive aggression but not with symptoms of traumatic stress

Former members of armed groups in eastern DRCongo had typically witnessed, experienced and perpetrated extreme forms of violence. Enhanced trauma-related symptoms had been shown in prior research. But also lashing out in self-defense is a familiar response to threat defined as reactive aggression. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anke eKöbach, Susanne eSchaal, Thomas eElbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
DDR
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01518/full