Gender group differences in coping with chronic terror: The Israeli scene

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 297-310

  Zeidner, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coping; Disasters; Gender; Political violence; Terror; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746419543     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9346-y     Document Type: Review

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