Psychosocial outcomes related to subjective threat from armed conflict events (STACE): Findings from the Israeli-Palestinian cross-cultural HBSC study

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 623-638

  Harel Fisch, Yossi ^a   Radwan, Qasrowi ^a   Walsh, Sophie D ^a   Laufer, Avital ^a   Amitai, Gabriel ^a   Fogel Grinvald, Haya ^a   Abdeen, Ziad ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Armed conflict; Middle East; Parental support; Posttraumatic stress; Risk behaviors; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALESTINE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBJECTIVE THREAT FROM ARMED CONFLICT EVENTS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARABS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 77956484269     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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