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Susanne Schaal, Anke Koebach, Harald Hinkel & Thomas Elbert. (2015) Posttraumatic stress disorder according to DSM-5 and DSM-IV diagnostic criteria: a comparison in a sample of Congolese ex-combatants. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 6:1.
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Susanne Schaal, Lale Heim & Thomas Elbert. (2014) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Appetitive Aggression in Rwandan Genocide Perpetrators. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 23:9, pages 930-945.
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Katharin Hermenau, Tobias Hecker, Anna Maedl, Maggie Schauer & Thomas Elbert. (2013) Growing up in armed groups: trauma and aggression among child soldiers in DR Congo. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 4:1.
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Tobias Hecker, Katharin Hermenau, Anna Maedl, Maggie Schauer & Thomas Elbert. (2013) Aggression inoculates against PTSD symptom severity—insights from armed groups in the eastern DR Congo. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 4:1.
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Anselm Crombach, Roland Weierstall, Tobias Hecker, Inga Schalinski & Thomas Elbert. (2013) Social Status and the Desire to Resort to Violence: Using the Example of Uganda's Former Child Soldiers. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 22:5, pages 559-575.
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Roland Weierstall, Susanne Schaal, Inga Schalinski, Jean-Pierre Dusingizemungu & Thomas Elbert. (2011) The thrill of being violent as an antidote to posttraumatic stress disorder in Rwandese genocide perpetrators. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 2:1.
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Anke Köbach, Susanne Schaal, Tobias Hecker & Thomas Elbert. (2017) Psychotherapeutic Intervention in the Demobilization Process: Addressing Combat-related Mental Injuries with Narrative Exposure in a First and Second Dissemination Stage. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy 24:4, pages 807-825.
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Danie Meyer-Parlapanis, Sabrina Siefert & Roland Weierstall. (2017) More Than the Win: The Relation between Appetitive Competition Motivation, Socialization, and Gender Role Orientation in Women's Football. Frontiers in Psychology 8.
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Jessica Sommer, Martina Hinsberger, Roland Weierstall, Leon Holtzhausen, Debra Kaminer, Soraya Seedat, Andreas Maercker, Solomon Madikane & Thomas Elbert. (2016) Social Acknowledgment of Violent Experiences and Its Role in PTSD and Appetitive Aggression Among High-Risk Males in South Africa. Clinical Psychological Science 5:1, pages 166-173.
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