Cumulative Effects of Exposure to Violence on Posttraumatic Stress in Palestinian and Israeli Youth

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 837-844

  Dubow, Eric F ^a,b   Boxer, Paul ^b,c   Huesmann, L Rowell ^b   Landau, Simha ^d,e   Dvir, Shira ^f   Shikaki, Khalil ^g   Ginges, Jeremy ^h  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Academic College of Emek Yezreel   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^g Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research   (Israel)

^h NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARAB; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARABS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 84869176495     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2012.675571     Document Type: Article

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