Effect of exposure to terrorism on sleep-related experiences in Israeli young adults

Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-276

  Soffer Dudek, Nirit ^a   Shahar, Golan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; GENERAL SLEEP EXPERIENCES; HUMAN; HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATION; ISRAEL; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TERRORISM; UNPLEASANT DREAM;

ADULT; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM;

EID: 77957658530     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2010.73.3.264     Document Type: Note

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