Coping strategies among adolescents: Israeli Jews and Arabs facing missile attacks

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-51

  Braun Lewensohn, Orna ^a   Sagy, Shifra ^a   Roth, Guy ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coping strategies; Israeli Jews and Arabs; Missile attacks; Stress reactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARABS; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 71549154739     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800802647601     Document Type: Article

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