Trauma Related to the October 7th Attack

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The Effect on Children and Parenting

• “I Hugged Her Tightly and Told Her I’m Sorry, We’re Going to Die”: The Experiences of Israeli Mothers Abducted With Their Children on October 7
  Noga Tsur, Ma'ayan Jacobson, Gal Friedman-Hauser, Ilil Levin, Michal Aviad, and Carmit Katz
• The Contribution of Self-Compassion and Social Support to Women’s Mental Health During Pregnancy: A Comparison Between International and National Crisis Periods
  Elad Mijalevich-Soker and Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari
• Recurrent Evacuation in a Shared Continuous Wartime Situation: The Parental Perspective
  Yael Hochman and Orit Nuttman-Shwartz
• Quality of Life and Mental Health in Families of Children With Developmental Disabilities During Wartime
  Yael Karni-Visel, Dana Roth, Sagit Lev, and Nomi Werbeloff

Intergenerational Effects

• Intergenerational Aspects of the Experiences of Israeli Mothers to Young Children During the Israel–Hamas War
  Esther Joffe, Reut Ben-Kimhy, Elad Mijalevich-Soker, Lia Ring, Maram Awad-Yassin, and Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari
• When Fears Come True: The Well-Being of Holocaust Survivors’ Grandchildren After the October 7, 2023, Terror Attack
  Alon Goldberg
• Intergenerational Transmission of Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Offspring’s Lived Experience
  Moshe Bensimon and Eynav Afota Assaf
• Associations Between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Moral Injury, and Parenting Among Israeli Male Veterans: The Mediating Role of Parental Beliefs About Children’s Anxiety
  Vered Ne'eman-Haviv, Shlomi Freaman, and Gadi Zerach

Health Effects

• The Moderating Role of Sustained Missile Attacks on Stress as a Mediator Between Exposure to Terror and Depression, Anxiety, and Health
  Lipaz Shamoa-Nir
• Microbiome Signature of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Resilience in Youth
  Karen Yirmiya, Sondra Turjeman, Oshrit Shtossel, Orna Zagoory-Sharon, Lelyan Moadi, Elad Rubin, Efrat Sharon, Yoram Louzoun, Omry Koren, and Ruth Feldman

Population Effects

• The Attack Is Not Over Yet: The Impact of Direct Exposure to the October 7, 2023, Attack on Trajectories of PTSD and Depression Among the Israeli Population
  Yossi Levi-Belz, Doron Amsalem, Yoav Groweiss, Carmel Blank, and Yuval Neria
• A Nation at (Ongoing) War: The Effect of Societal and Forward-Focused Coping on Symptoms of Continuous Traumatic Stress
  Anna Harwood-Gross, Nadav Stern, Bar Lambez, and Roy Aloni
• The Contribution of Maladaptive Personality Traits to PTSD and Depression Symptoms Among Israeli Female Veterans
  Gadi Zerach, Ehud Shem Tov, and Sharon Shati
• Sensory Modulation Difficulties and PTSD: A Prospective Study During and After Rocket Attacks
  May Huberman, Lee Gafter, Tami Bar-Shalita, and Yael Lahav
• Acute Stress Symptoms–Adult Scale/National Stressful Events Survey Short Scale (NSESSS): Assessing the Immediate Aftermath of the October 7 Attacks on an Internally Displaced Population
  Ohad Gilbar

The Impact of Media Coverage

• The DSM-5 Exclusion of Media Exposure to Traumatic Events: A Critical Reexamination in Light of the October 7, 2023, Attacks*
  Yael Shoval-Zuckerman and Danny Horesh
• War, Media, and Emotion: Associations Between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Anxiety, and Emotion Regulation
  Yael Enav, Noga Shiffman, Ido Lurie, and Yael Mayer

Effect on American Jews

• Mental Health in Californian Jews Before and After October 7, 2023
  Leah C. Hibel, Marika Sigal, and Yael Teff-Seker

Posttraumatic Growth

• Predicting Happiness in the Aftermath of National Trauma Through Fear of Terrorism: The Serial Mediation of Negative and Positive Self-Labeling and Stress
  Inna Levy, Keren Cohen-Louck, and Vered Ne’eman-Haviv

Empathy and Compassion Fatigue Among Psychotherapists

• The Dual Nature of Empathy: Exploring Its Role in PTSD Symptoms Among Psychotherapists Following a Mass Casualty Event
  Dana Shamai-Leshem, Shir Porat-Butman, Einat Levy-Gigi, and Simone Shamay-Tsoory
• Compassion Fatigue Among Israeli Therapists After the October 7 Attack: Challenges in Treating Bereaved and Hostage Families
  Liat Shklarski and Yael Latzer

* One article from each issue of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy will be highlighted as an “Editor’s Choice” article. Selection is based on the recommendations of the associate editors, the article’s potential impact to the field, the distinction of expanding the contributors to or the focus of the science, or its discussion of an important future direction for science.