Managing terror: Differences between Jews and Arabs in Israel

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-146

  Somer, Eli ^a   Or Chen, Keren ^a   Maguen, Shira ^b   Litz, Brett T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab; Coping behavior; Israel; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 70449561008     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701609076     Document Type: Article

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