<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Betancourt, T. S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Borisova,, II</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Williams, T. P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brennan, R. T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Whitfield, T. H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">de la Soudiere, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Williamson, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gilman, S. E.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sierra Leone's former child soldiers: a follow-up study of psychosocial adjustment and community reintegration</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child Dev</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Adaptation, Psychological</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Social Adjustment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Warfare</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Family</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Follow-Up Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hostility</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Interpersonal Relations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Military Personnel/*psychology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prospective Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Psychology, Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Psychology, Child</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Residence Characteristics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sierra Leone</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Socioeconomic Factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Violence</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jul-Aug</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">81</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1077-95</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1467-8624 (Electronic)&lt;br/&gt;0009-3920 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This is the first prospective study to investigate psychosocial adjustment in male and female former child soldiers (ages 10-18; n = 156, 12% female). The study began in Sierra Leone in 2002 and was designed to examine both risk and protective factors in psychosocial adjustment. Over the 2-year period of follow-up, youth who had wounded or killed others during the war demonstrated increases in hostility. Youth who survived rape not only had higher levels of anxiety and hostility but also demonstrated greater confidence and prosocial attitudes at follow-up. Of the potential protective resources examined, improved community acceptance was associated with reduced depression at follow-up and improved confidence and prosocial attitudes regardless of levels of violence exposure. Retention in school was also associated with greater prosocial attitudes.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20636683</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Betancourt, Theresa Stichick&lt;br/&gt;Borisova, Ivelina Ivanova&lt;br/&gt;Williams, Timothy Philip&lt;br/&gt;Brennan, Robert T&lt;br/&gt;Whitfield, Theodore H&lt;br/&gt;de la Soudiere, Marie&lt;br/&gt;Williamson, John&lt;br/&gt;Gilman, Stephen E&lt;br/&gt;eng&lt;br/&gt;K01 MH077246/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;K01 MH077246-01A2/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;1K01MH077246-01A2/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;P60 MD002261/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural&lt;br/&gt;Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.&lt;br/&gt;2010/07/20 06:00&lt;br/&gt;Child Dev. 2010 Jul-Aug;81(4):1077-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01455.x.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2921972</style></custom2><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. theresa_betancourt@harvard.edu</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>