Are women at higher risk than men? Gender differences among teenagers and adults in their response to threat of war and terror

Women and Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Kimhi, Shaul ^a   Shamai, Michal ^b  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Life satisfaction; Stress; Threat of terror; Women health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEBANON; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERRORISM; THREAT; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM; WAR;

EID: 33748900930     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v43n03_01     Document Type: Article

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