Due to the deterioration of living conditions in major cities, the Republican government took measures to evacuate civilians from combat zones. The children’s separation from their homes and previous lives has been shown to create emotional and psychic disorders, but the extent of the distress largely depends on the nature and location of the evacuation.
Symptoms of trauma were worsened the greater the population evacuated and the faster the evacuation took place. Children not evacuated from combat zones and children evacuated with families and living in refugee colonies showed the most symptoms of psychological distress. In contrast, children separated from families and evacuated to secure school colonies generally adapted fairly well and typically displayed
minimal psychic disturbances.
