Foster, D., S. Davies and H. Steele.

The evacuation of British children during World

War II: a preliminary investigation into the long-term psychological effects. Aging &
Mental Health 7.5 (2003): 398-408. Print.
Researchers at University College London did a study on the psychological effects of being
affected by the war, 60 years after the WWII. The testing measures the psychological well-being
of a sample of people who were evacuated from their homes as children in England during the
war. The authors published their study in Aging & Mental Health in 2003 and hypothesized,
people who were evacuated during childhood are more likely to have insecure attachment styles
and therefore show lower levels of present psychological well-being than people who were not
evacuated.
The testing confirmed their suspicions that the traumatic war has lasting effects on ones mental
health.
Other quotes: Studies of children evacuated during more recent wars unique- vocally support
the importance of keeping families together whenever possible (Boothby, 1988) (399).
The results indicate that the experience of evacuation as a child during World War II is
associated with lower levels of psychological well-being 60 years later (405).
The findings of this research are consistent with other studies into the long-term effects of
childhood adversities in its finding that, for many people, this particular adversity is not
associated with significant long-term psychological problems (405).

Analysis: Instead of short-term effects during the war, this article focused on long term effects
AFTER the war. This study covers the demographic of people who were physically affected in
the way of being evacuated from their homes as children. This article is has very good
information on the effects of war on citizens, and in this case, children in the war who survived
and lived to be well past 65 years old.