Gibson K
Political Violence and Health Resources Project, African Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Soc Sci Med. 1989;28(7):659-67. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(89)90213-x.
There is an urgent need to conduct research into the effects of political conflict on children growing up in South Africa. This paper discusses some international literature which may be relevant to researchers in this area. The first section briefly assesses the usefulness of the background literature on children in war and disaster situations. The second section outlines some of the clinical effects of political conflict on children. The third illustrates some of the ways in which intra-personal, inter-personal and contextual factors play a role in the stress process. The fourth section incorporates previous discussion into a model for understanding the effects of political conflict on children and offers a brief critique of some of the existing research. The final section explores the implications of the international literature for the South African researcher and examines the usefulness of conducting this kind of research.
迫切需要对政治冲突对在南非成长的儿童的影响进行研究。本文讨论了一些可能与该领域研究人员相关的国际文献。第一部分简要评估了关于处于战争和灾难情况下儿童的背景文献的有用性。第二部分概述了政治冲突对儿童的一些临床影响。第三部分阐述了个人、人际和环境因素在压力过程中发挥作用的一些方式。第四部分将先前的讨论纳入一个理解政治冲突对儿童影响的模型，并对一些现有研究进行简要批判。最后一部分探讨了国际文献对南非研究人员的启示，并审视了开展此类研究的有用性。
