Resource loss and posttraumatic responses in Bedouin members of the Israeli Defense Forces

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-60

  Slobodin, Ortal ^a   Caspi, Yael ^b   Klein, Ehud ^b,c   Berger, Barry D ^a   Hobfoll, Stevan E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARAB; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOLDIER;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARABS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79951914526     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20615     Document Type: Article

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