Individual and collective exposure to political violence: Palestinian adolescents coping with conflict

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-368

  Giacaman, Rita ^a   Shannon, Harry S ^b,c   Saab, Hana ^d   Arya, Neil ^b,e   Boyce, Will ^d  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective exposure; Individual exposure; Palestinian youth; Political conflict; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ARABS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; POLITICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547799022     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl260     Document Type: Article

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