Attitudes toward arabs of Israeli children exposed to missile attacks: The role of personality functions

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Laor, Nathaniel ^a,b,c   Wolmer, Leo ^a   Cohen, Donald J ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPLOSION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MISSILE WOUND; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WAR;

EID: 2442687807     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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