Israeli youth cope with terror: Vulnerability and resilience

Handbook for Working with Children and Youth: Pathways to Resilience Across Cultures and Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 229-246

  Solomon, Zahava ^a   Laufer, Avital ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976312.n14     Document Type: Chapter

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