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CORRECTION article

Front. Psychol., 13 August 2025

Sec. Pediatric Psychology

Volume 16 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1676420

This article is part of the Research TopicThe Rights and Needs of Children During Times of War and ConflictView all 4 articles

Correction: Early psychological responses of children and caregivers in the immediate aftermath of release from war captivity

This article is a correction to:

  1. Early Psychological Responses of Children and Caregivers in the Immediate Aftermath of Release from War Captivity

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Maya Fennig Maya Fennig1*Avigal Snir,Avigal Snir2,3Maayan Shorer,Maayan Shorer3,4Efrat Bron Harlev,,Efrat Bron Harlev1,3,5Silvana Fennig,,Silvana Fennig1,3,5
  • 1The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 2School of Behavioral Sciences, Academic College Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 3Psychological Medicine Department, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
  • 4Clinical Psychology Department, Faculty of Social & Community Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, Israel
  • 5Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

A Correction on
Early psychological responses of children and caregivers in the immediate aftermath of release from war captivity

by Fennig, M., Snir, A., Shorer, M., Harlev, E. B., and Fennig, S. (2025). Front. Psychol. 16:1588422. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1588422

In the abstract, some information was reported incorrectly in the Objectives and Methods:

Objective: This study aims to (1) describe the early psychological responses of children and caregivers' early psychological responses immediately following their release from captivity in the Israeli-Hamas war

Methods: This qualitative study analyzed the psychological reactions of children and their caregivers (N = 26) who were released from captivity and received care at {masked}

The correct sentences appear below:

Objective: This study aims to (1) describe children and caregivers' early psychological responses immediately following their release from captivity in the Israeli-Hamas war and (2) examine the clinical interventions used to manage these reactions.

Methods: This qualitative study analyzed the psychological reactions of children and their caregivers (N = 26) who were released from captivity and received care at Schneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel.

A correction has been made to the Methods section, subsection Context and setting, paragraph 3. The name of the institution previously included a [masked] placeholder. The correct sentence appears below:

“Conducted over a 4-month period (December 2023–March 2024), the study was a partnership between Tel Aviv University and Schneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel.”

A correction has been made to the Methods section, subsection Study sample, paragraph 1. The name of the institution previously included a [masked] placeholder. The correct sentence appears below:

“Table 1 displays the characteristics of the sample of children and their caregivers (N = 26) who had been abducted in the context of war and subsequently received treatment at Schneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel, where the study was conducted.”

A correction has been made to the Methods section, subsection Study sample, paragraph 2. The name of the institution previously included a [masked] placeholder. The correct sentence appears below:

“The study sample comprised a subset of 37 practitioners employed at Schneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel, including social workers (n = 11), psychologists (n = 10), a child psychiatrist (n = 1), nurses (n = 9), pediatricians (n = 4), and senior directors (n = 2).”

A correction has been made to the Methods section, subsection Ethical considerations, paragraph 1. The name of the institution previously included a [masked] placeholder. The correct sentence appears below:

“All procedures were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Tel Aviv University and the Institutional Review Board of Schneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel.”

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Keywords: children, trauma, war, Israel, conflict, mental health, adolescents, psychological intervention

Citation: Fennig M, Snir A, Shorer M, Harlev EB and Fennig S (2025) Correction: Early psychological responses of children and caregivers in the immediate aftermath of release from war captivity. Front. Psychol. 16:1676420. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1676420

Received: 30 July 2025; Accepted: 31 July 2025;
Published: 13 August 2025.

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