Psychosocial adjustment in middle eastern adolescents: The relative impact of violent vs. non-violent social disorganization

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-205

  Elbedour, Salman ^a   Van Slyck, Michael R ^b   Stern, Marilyn ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Research Institute for Dispute Resolution   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONFLICT; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031971023     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018797103648     Document Type: Review

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