Background: Protracted armed conflicts not only shape political, legal, and socio-economic
structures, but also have a lasting impact on people's human migration. In 2017, the United …

Context Uncertainties continue about the roles that methodological factors and key risk
factors, particularly torture and other potentially traumatic events (PTEs), play in the variation …

Does political violence leave a lasting legacy on identities, attitudes, and behaviors? We
argue that violence shapes the identities of victims and that families transmit these effects …

Among the consequences of war, the impact on the mental health of the civilian population
is one of the most significant. Studies of the general population show a definite increase in …

Background: There is considerable debate about the cross‐cultural applicability of the
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) category as currently specified. Concerns include the …

This study illustrates how entrepreneurship may catalyze prosperity as well as peace in
entrenched poverty–conflict zones. We bring to life a conceptualization of transformative …

ContextLittle is known about the long-term mental health of trauma-exposed refugees years
after permanent resettlement in host countries. ObjectiveTo assess the prevalence …

Context Studies from the Eastern Region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
have provided anecdotal reports of sexual violence. This study offers a population-based …

Millions of people worldwide are affected by dramatic social change (DSC). While
sociological theory aims to understand its precipitants, the psychological consequences …

The detrimental impacts of wars on human development are well documented across
research domains, from public health to micro-economics. However, these impacts are …