From: Collective trauma in northern Sri Lanka: a qualitative psychosocial-ecological study
Stress factors | Community [44] (n = 98) | OPDc [47] (n = 65) |
---|---|---|
Direct stress | Â | Â |
Death of friend/relation | 50% | 46% |
Loss to property | 46% | 55% |
Injury to friend/relation | 39% | 48% |
Experience of bombing/shelling/gunfire | 37% | 29% |
Witness violence | 26% | 36% |
Detention | 15% | 26% |
Injury to body | 10% | 9% |
Assault | 10% | 23% |
Torture | 1% | 8% |
Indirect stress | Â | Â |
Economic difficulties | 78% | 85% |
Displacementa | 70% | 69% |
Lack of food | 56% | 68% |
Unemployment | 45% | 55% |
Ill healthb | 14% | 29% |