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Postraumatic stress disorder among Croatian veterans: A causal model

The present study investigates the etiological roles of premilitary risk factors, military entry conditions, war zone experiences, dissociative reactions to war zone experiences and homecoming reception in the development of chronic posttraumatic strees disorder (PTSD) among Croatian veterans. Structural equation modeling is used to develop an etiological model. In terms of the magnitude of variables' total contributions to the development of the PTSD, war zone experiences are the most influential contributor which is followed by dissociative reactions, homecoming reception, military entry conditions and premilitary risk factors. Partial explanations are omission of other etiological factors. The results are the source of questions for further research.

PTSD; etiology; causal modeling; Croatian veterans

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