Muslim families' understanding of, and reaction to, 'the war on terror'

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-609

  Rousseau, Cecile ^a   Jamil, Uzma ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Avoidance; Community; Coping; Cultural safety; Empowerment; Families; Fear; Helplessness; Identity; Immigrants; Montreal; Natural disaster; Parent child communication; Political events; School family relationship; South Asian Muslim; Value transmission; Voice; War on terror

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HELPLESSNESS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOSLEM; NATURAL DISASTER; POLITICAL SYSTEM; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DISASTERS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POLITICS; QUEBEC; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TERRORISM; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958494424     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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