Individual and Collective Dimensions of Resilience Within Political Violence

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-254

  Sousa, Cindy A ^a   Haj Yahia, Muhammad M ^b   Feldman, Guy ^a   Lee, Jessica ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

cultural contexts; memory and trauma; mental health and violence; violence exposure; war

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CONTEXTS; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY; MEMORY AND TRAUMA; MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLENCE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE EXPOSURE; WAR;

CULTURAL CONTEXTS; MEMORY AND TRAUMA; MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE EXPOSURE; WAR;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY; POLITICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 84879963853     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838013493520     Document Type: Review

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