Can people remain engaged and vigorous in the face of trauma? Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-75

  Hobfoll, Stevan E ^a   Johnson, Robert J ^b   Canetti, Daphna ^c   Palmieri, Patrick A ^d   Hall, Brian J ^e   Lavi, Iris ^f   Galea, Sandro ^g  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PALESTINE; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RELIGION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TORTURE; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARABS; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861009507     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2012.75.1.60     Document Type: Article

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