Table 1 Experiential level of war-related traumatic exposures
War-related traumatic events | n | % | Factor loading |
|---|---|---|---|
Combat dimension (Range = 0-13) | |||
Movement in search of shelter | 55 | 44.7 | .588 |
Forced to hide | 85 | 69.1 | .633 |
Combat situation (e.g. shelling and grenade attacks) | 53 | 43.1 | .697 |
Arial bombings (planes and helicopters) | 67 | 54.5 | .684 |
Looting of nearby villages | 56 | 45.5 | .782 |
Forced evacuation under dangerous conditions | 67 | 54.5 | .785 |
Innocent victims being killed | 73 | 59.3 | .776 |
Hearing of atrocities | 67 | 54.5 | .716 |
Seeing dead bodies | 80 | 65.0 | .607 |
Finding dead bodies and burying them | 82 | 66.7 | .720 |
Forced to destroy someone else's property or possessions | 95 | 77.2 | .583 |
Witness beatings to head or body | 75 | 61.0 | .724 |
Prevented from burying someone | 94 | 76.4 | .716 |
Material loss dimension (Range = 0-7) | |||
Lack of shelter/ no where to live | 63 | 51.2 | .708 |
Confiscation or destruction of personal property | 72 | 58.5 | .764 |
Burning of home | 74 | 60.2 | .808 |
Not having right to a home | 72 | 58.5 | .846 |
Owning nothing | 63 | 51.2 | .806 |
Complete change of life | 47 | 38.2 | .558 |
Extortion & robbery | 60 | 48.8 | .655 |
Family loss dimension (Range = 0–12) | |||
Imprisonment | 90 | 73.2 | .707 |
Kidnapped | 95 | 77.2 | .642 |
Suddenly gone missing | 81 | 65.9 | .640 |
Parentless children/ teenagers | 39 | 31.7 | .626 |
Disappearance or kidnapping of family member or friend | 73 | 59.3 | .797 |
Forced separation from family members | 78 | 63.4 | .710 |
Distance from family | 54 | 43.9 | .518 |
Enforced isolation from others | 73 | 59.3 | .679 |
Knifing/ axing/ slaughtering | 58 | 47.2 | .729 |
Harshness and cruel treatment (physical or mental suffering) | 86 | 69.9 | .639 |
Serious physical injury of family member or friend due to combat situation or landmine | 69 | 56.1 | .785 |
Murder, or death due to violence, of family member or friend | 71 | 57.7 | .788 |
Displacement dimension (Range = 0-8) | |||
Constant insecurity | 47 | 38 | .723 |
Lack of food or water | 55 | 44.7 | .782 |
Living in displaced camps | 57 | 46.3 | .738 |
Exposed to unhygienic conditions | 52 | 42.3 | .817 |
Poor health without access to medical care | 69.5 | 44.7 | .779 |
Loss of health | 70.3 | 44.7 | .697 |
Increase in physical ailments | 64.4 | 47.2 | .765 |
Exposed to threats, humiliation, or discrimination | 63.6 | 65.9 | .616 |