The psychological impact of the Israel-Hezbollah War on Jews and Arabs in Israel: The impact of risk and resilience factors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1208-1216

  Palmieri, Patrick A ^a,e   Canetti Nisim, Daphna ^b   Galea, Sandro ^c   Johnson, Robert J ^d   Hobfoll, Stevan E ^e  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Israel; Israel Hezbollah War; Mental health; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Resilience factors; Risk factors; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WAR;

AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEPHONE; WAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 50349101878     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.030     Document Type: Article

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