Political Violence in Retrospect: Its Effect on the Mental Health of Palestinian Adolescents

Autor/in	Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.
Titel	Political Violence in Retrospect: Its Effect on the Mental Health of Palestinian Adolescents
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 32 (2008) 4, S.283-289 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025408090971
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Relationship; Adolescents; Grade 12; Depression (Psychology); Violence; Political Issues; Adjustment (to Environment); Psychological Patterns; Coping; Grade 10; Grade 11; High School Students; Correlation; Individual Characteristics; Parent Influence; Anxiety; Delinquency; Aggression; War; Mental Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Gewalt; Politischer Faktor; Bewältigung; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Korrelation; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Angst; Kriminalität; Krieg; Psychohygiene
Abstract	The aim of this study has been to examine the effect of retrospective report of political violence during the first Intifada (1987-1993) on psychological adjustment of 1185 Palestinian adolescents (10th to 12th graders) seven years after the first Intifada had ended. Analysis of the inter-relations was conducted between self-reported measures of political violence, socio-demographic characteristics, perceived parents' psychological adjustment problems and internalizing (i.e., somatization, withdrawal, anxiety, and depression) and externalizing (i.e., thought, attention and social problems, delinquent and aggressive behaviors) symptoms. It showed the significant net effect of retrospectively reported exposure to political violence on both internalizing symptoms and externalizing symptoms over and above the effect of socio-demographic characteristics and perceived parents' psychological adjustment problems. The discussion addresses the meaning of these results in light of the conceptual and methodological limitations of this study. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10