Living in the shadow of terrorism: Psychological distress and alcohol use among religious and non-religious adolescents in Jerusalem

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2301-2312

  Schiff, Miriam ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol use; Depression; Israel; PTSD; Religiosity; Substance use; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DRUG USER; MENTAL HEALTH; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; RELIGION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33644885443     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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