Brief report: Adolescents under missile attacks: Sense of coherence as a mediator between exposure and stress-related reactions

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-197

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

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Resiliency; Stress reactions; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 78650341752     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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