The inoculating role of previous exposure to potentially traumatic life events on coping with prolonged exposure to rocket attacks: A lifespan perspective

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 227, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 296-301

  Palgi, Yuval ^a   Gelkopf, Marc ^a,b   Berger, Rony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NATAL Center for the Treatment of Victims of Terror and War   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Older adults; Potentially traumatic life events; PTSD; Rocket attacks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROCKET ATTACK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; WAR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL; BOMB; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; BOMBS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929129761     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.03.020     Document Type: Article

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