Postwar winners and losers in the long run: Determinants of war related stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-19

  Kimhi, Shaul ^a   Eshel, Yohanan ^a,b   Zysberg, Leehu ^a   Hantman, Shira ^a  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Economic condition; Exposure to traumatic events; Gender; Posttraumatic growth; Second Lebanon War; Stress symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBAT DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952317056     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9183-x     Document Type: Article

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