Pulse of a nation: Depressive mood reactions of Israelis to the Israel–Lebanon War.

Abstract

Eleven national Israeli samples (A 1 = 11,944) were interviewed regarding their depressive mood on 11 occasions between August 1979 and June 1984, including interviews prior to, during, and following the 1982 Israel-Lebanon War. We analyzed major newspaper headlines at the time of each national sampling in order to assess the relation between major national events and depressive mood. The outbreak of war coincided with an increase in depression. There was a decrease in depression subsequent to the most intensive period of the wai; suggesting that adaptation occurs amidst continued stressful circumstances. Peak depressive mood occurred at the time of the massacre of Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps. Reactions to the massacre were more pronounced among women, older adults, Jews of European or American origin, and the more educated; but group differences had only modest effect sizes.Recent interest in stress (Appley & Trumbull, 1986; Goldwe have found, but perhaps this article's main contribution is to present the data itself so that readers can make their own assessments and interpretations.We would like to thank Roy Lilly, Ralph Rosnow, and the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and statistical consultation.

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