Exposure to political violence and political extremism: A stress-based process

European Psychologist

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 263-272

  Canetti, Daphna ^a   Hall, Brian J ^b   Rapaport, Carmit ^a   Wayne, Carly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Political extremism; Political violence; Psychological distress; PTSD; Threat perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890257147     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000158     Document Type: Review

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