Social systems and personal reactions to threats of war and terror

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 747-764

  Shamai, Michal ^a   Kimhi, Shaul ^b   Enosh, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community resilience; Marital quality; Social systems; Stress; Terror; Threat of war and terror; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548998316     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407507081463     Document Type: Article

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