Examines the responses of 60 West Bank Palestinian households subjected to varying degrees of traumatic events. Specific attention was given to the differential effect that traumatic events have on spouses, especially in terms of general anxiety, state anxiety, trait anxiety, depression, and other symptoms related to traumArabized versions of an anxiety scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Beck Depression Inventory were used as measures. Findings showed that degree of traumatization was proportional to number and intensity of stress-related symptoms. Mothers, however, manifested depression and anxiety levels twice as high as fathers.