Gender differences in PTSD in israeli youth exposed to terror attacks

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 959-976

  Laufer, Avital ^a,c   Solomon, Zahava ^b  

^a NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Natanya Academic College   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gende; Post trauma; Terror

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; WAR;

EID: 65149091244     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508319367     Document Type: Article

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