When disaster becomes commonplace: Reaction of children and adolescents to prolonged terrorist attacks in Israel

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 95-114

  Sharlin, Shlomo A ^a   Moin, Victor ^a   Yahav, Rivka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Fear; Terror

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DISASTERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRORISM; WAR;

EID: 33748447852     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v43n02_07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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