Exposure to terrorism, stress-related mental health symptoms, and defensive coping among Jews and Arabs in Israel

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-218

  Hobfoll, Stevan E ^a   Canetti Nisim, Daphna ^b   Johnson, Robert J ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Political violence; PTSD; Resiliency; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARABS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 33744480781     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.2.207     Document Type: Article

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