The association of exposure, risk, and resiliency factors with PTSD among Jews and Arabs exposed to repeated acts of terrorism in Israel

Hobfoll, Stevan E.; Canetti–Nisim, Daphna; Johnson, Regina Jones; Palmieri, Patrick A.; Varley, Joseph D.; Galea, Sandro

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“…Th e results of the Ron's studies (2014;2016) substantiate these fi gures, with higher levels of PTSD symptoms reported among non-Jewish participants (Arab Muslims, Arab Christians, and Druze) than among the Jewish participants, as well as a signifi cantly higher rate of possible PTSD diagnosis among the non-Jewish participants compared to the rates among the Jewish participants. Th ese fi ndings are also in line with those of other studies conducted in Israel, which have found that individuals of the Israeli-Palestinians Arab minority experience psychological symptoms and symptoms of depression at higher levels than do their Jewish counterparts, and that they exhibit a higher incidence of possible PTSD diagnosis following traumatic events, compared to the rates found among the Jewish participants (Hobfoll et al 2008;Yahav, Cohen 2007). Similar to Ron's studies (2014;2016), Yahav and Cohen found higher levels of Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) among the Arab population aft er the Second Lebanon War.…”

Section: Ethnicity Diff Erencessupporting

confidence: 90%

The relationships between on-going terror attacks, military operations and wars and the well-being of Jewish and Arab three generations civilians in Israel

Ron¹,

Ron²

2017

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Between the state of Israel independent declaration in 1948, until this very days, wars, military operations and on-going national terror had been its daily routine to cope with. Th e main goal of this study was to review published studies on the impact of those extreme negative life events on the well-being and mental health of various groups of Arab and Jewish civilians in Israel. In addition, this study emphasizes well-known PTSD risk factors related to terrorism, military operations and war in Israel, as well as dissociative symptoms, ASD symptoms, and Death anxiety. Th e study also deals with some of the background characteristics, the internal and the external resources of the individual, in three age groups, which can take the role of mediator variables between those negative events and the populations' well-being. Th e literature published in Israel from the beginning of studding those subjects, available up to January 2017, was systematically reviewed. About thirteen studies on the impact of on-going terror attacks and risk factors for distress, trauma and PTSD and, about ten studies on coping strategies were identifi ed. Causes, risk factors, variety of outcomes and coping strategies were widespread from the earlier and traditional to more recent and modern approaches towards those subjects and sometimes integrated.

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Section: Ethnicity Diff Erencessupporting

confidence: 90%

The relationships between on-going terror attacks, military operations and wars and the well-being of Jewish and Arab three generations civilians in Israel

Ron¹,

Ron²

2017

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“…Factors affecting larger groups of people have also been explored, such as social crises and disasters, as, for example, growing up in areas with high rates of poverty and violence (Luthar 1999), or surviving terrorist attacks (Hobfoll et al 2008). Even natural disasters such as hurricanes (Werner and Smith 1992) Werner and Smith (1992).…”

Section: Risks As Sources Of Mental Stress and Traumamentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychological Resilience Building in Disaster Risk Reduction: Contributions from Adult Education

Höfler

2014

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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This article discusses three questions: What opportunities exist to enhance psychological resilience in adults? Why should psychological resilience promotion be considered an important disaster risk reduction strategy? What contribution can adult education make to such a strategy? Psychological resilience is presented as relational and somewhat malleable, even in adulthood. Although psychological resilience building is often overlooked in social-level disaster risk reduction efforts, it is a key strategy for social resilience building. Questions regarding the extent to which mental resilience can be improved and the techniques with which to do so may be answered by research in the field of adult education. Basic learning and teaching research fundamentals are suggested to create psychological resilience-building strategies in adults.

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“…Surveys have shown that more than two thirds of Americans felt depressed after the attacks on 11 September 2001 and more than one third indicated that they tried to avoid exposure to terrorism by changing their everyday behaviour around others because they were concerned that they or their family members could become victims of terrorism (Huddy et al, 2002: 422f.). These effects were even found for those not directly affected by terrorism; they identified with the victims and experienced increased distress (Hobfoll et al, 2008). We also see evidence of this increased concern in the media coverage of such incidents: terrorist attacks in Western countries are covered more extensively than deadlier attacks outside the Western world (see also Fischhoff et al, 2003).…”

Section: Threat Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 66%

Xenophobia before and after the Paris 2015 Attacks. Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Jungkunz¹,

Helbling²,

Schwemmer³

2017

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Abstract:In light of ongoing debates that discuss the link between Muslim migration and terrorist attacks in various European cities, this paper investigates how attitudes toward (Muslim) immigrants have been affected by these attacks. We draw on a German student survey conducted immediately before and after the attacks in Paris in November 2015. The experimental vignette design allows us to further differentiate between attitudes toward Syrian migrants from different religious backgrounds. We show that the attitudes towards immigration held by students who identify with conservative parties became more negative after the attacks. Immigrants' religion also plays an important role depending on whether the issue in question is a social or political one. The attitudes of liberal students are hardly affected. This paper goes beyond existing studies that only measure attitudes in the aftermath of such attacks and focuses on attitudes regarding policy responses to terrorist attacks or attitudes towards immigrants in general. We show that such attacks do not lead to negative attitudes in general; they mostly do so for people who attach great importance to issues of national security. We also see that people differentiate between various migrant groups.

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The association of exposure, risk, and resiliency factors with PTSD among Jews and Arabs exposed to repeated acts of terrorism in Israel

Abstract: Israel has faced ongoing terrorism since the beginning of the Al

Cited by 209 publications

References 36 publications

The relationships between on-going terror attacks, military operations and wars and the well-being of Jewish and Arab three generations civilians in Israel

The relationships between on-going terror attacks, military operations and wars and the well-being of Jewish and Arab three generations civilians in Israel

Psychological Resilience Building in Disaster Risk Reduction: Contributions from Adult Education

Xenophobia before and after the Paris 2015 Attacks. Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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