Adolescents exposed to 7 years of political violence: Differential relations between exposure and its impact for Jewish and Arab Israelis

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 529-545

  Slone, Michelle ^a   Shechner, Tomer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ethnic group; Life events; Political violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255185301     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-011-9110-x     Document Type: Review

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