Maintaining Routine despite Ongoing Exposure to Terrorism: A Healthy Strategy for Adolescents?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-205

  Pat Horenczyk, Ruth ^a   Schiff, Miriam ^a   Doppelt, Osnat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Daily activities; Israel; Parental monitoring; Routine; Terrorism; Unsafe activities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; TERRORISM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 33745952064     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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