The present paper applies Latent Class Analysis to obtain empirical evidence for some aspects of a propaganda model developed by Herman & ChOlnsky (1988) in order to explain why some subjects are preferably dealt with by the news media whereas no attention is paid to others. An essential criterion for this is the usefulness of a topic. Herman & Chomsky, therefore, refer to "worthy" und "unworth...

Little is known about how survivors of extreme events cope with traumatic memories and subsequent negative life experiences. The present study compared (a) repatriated prisoners of war (RPWs) from World War II (WW II) with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), (b) RPWs without PTSD, and (c) noncombat veterans on measures of general psychological functioning, appraisal, and coping. Appra...

According to the definition of torture by the U.N., 1 torture is defined as " the intentional infliction of severe mental or physical pain or suffering by or with the consent of the state authorities for a specific purpose ". In the literature, specific groups are mentioned as victims of torture, such as political , religious, or ethnic groups. In detail, it includes groups that challenge gover...

Prisoner-of-war camps were one of the most numerous types military sites to be established in Britain during Second World War and yet are least studied. Most comprised a series temporary huts that erected from prefabricated components, whilst some put new uses following war have now been cleared. The former Weston Hostel near Crewe Cheshire is such camp appears originally 35 which 23 survived v...

We used actor-partner interdependence modeling to explore associations among attachment-related dyadic processes, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in war veterans, and secondary traumatic stress (STS) in their wives. A sample of 157 Israeli couples (85 former prisoners of war and their wives and a comparison group of 72 veterans not held captive and their wives) completed self-report scales...

"Positive health," defined as a state beyond the mere absence of disease, was used as a model to examine factors for enhancing health despite extreme trauma. The study examined the United States' longest detained American prisoners of war, those held in Vietnam in the 1960s through early 1970s. Positive health was measured using a physical and a psychological composite score for each individual...