Adolescents' mental health outcomes according to different types of exposure to ongoing terror attacks

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 850-862

  Braun Lewensohn, Orna ^a,b   Celestin Westreich, Smadar ^a   Celestin, Leon Patrice ^c   Verté, Dominique ^a   Ponjaert Kristoffersen, Ingrid ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Emile Roux Hospital AP HP   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cognitions; Emotions; Exposure; Mental health; Post traumatic stress; Terror

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 67349270870     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9305-8     Document Type: Article

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