The Effects of Exposure to Violence on Aggressive Behavior: The Case of Arab and Jewish Children in Israel

Landau, Simha F.; Dvir-Gvirsman, Shira; Huesmann, Rowell; Dubow, Eric F.; Boxer, Paul; Ginges, Jeremy; Shikaki, Khalil

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2708492

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“…Because the level of conflict and violence is relatively low in the major population centers of Israel, we oversampled high-conflict areas. Families were sampled by random phone calls, random door-to-door cluster sampling based on neighborhoods, and non-probability sampling using interviewee recommendations for families who fit the sample criteria (see Landau et al, 2010, for the detailed sampling procedure). Interviews were scheduled for those who agreed to participate (55% in the Jewish sample).…”

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Serious violent behavior and antisocial outcomes as consequences of exposure to ethnic‐political conflict and violence among Israeli and Palestinian youth

Dubow

Huesmann

Boxer

et al. 2019

Aggressive Behavior

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We examine whether cumulative-past and concurrent exposure to ethnic-political violence among Israeli and Palestinian youth predict serious violent behavior and antisocial outcomes toward the in-group and the out-group. We collected four waves of data from 162 Israeli Jewish and 400 Palestinian youths (three age cohorts: 8, 11, and 14 years old) and their parents. The first three waves were consecutive annual assessments, and the fourth was conducted 4 years after the third wave, when the three age cohorts were 14, 17, and 20 years old, respectively. Based on socialcognitive-ecological models of the development of aggression (

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Section: Israeli Sample-mentioning

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Serious violent behavior and antisocial outcomes as consequences of exposure to ethnic‐political conflict and violence among Israeli and Palestinian youth

Dubow

Huesmann

Boxer

et al. 2019

Aggressive Behavior

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“…Children may experience a loss, or observe an injury of family member or of acquaintances, destruction, or may experience violence in cases of shooting, bombardment, terror attacks, or leaving home as a refugee, or also be victims of arbitrary humiliation, detention, or imprisonment. Some may even experience injury, torture, or recruitment by armed forces, and hence actively participate in violence (for examples from Israel, see Landau et al, 2010; Sadeh, Hen-Gal, & Tikotzky, 2008; Slone & Shechner, 2009; for Palestinian examples, see Abu Hein, Qouta, Thabet, & El Sarraj, 1993; Dubow et al, 2010; Thabet, Karim, & Vostanis, 2006; for South Africa, see Straker, Mendelsohn, Moosa, & Tudin, 1996; for Sierra Leone, see Betancourt, McBain, Newnham, & Brennan, 2013; for Uganda, see Derluyn, Broekaert, Schuyten, & De Temmerman, 2004; for Northern Ireland, see Muldoon & Trew, 2000; for Sri Lanka, see Elbert et al, 2009; for Lebanon, see Macksoud & Aber, 1996; for Kuwait, see Al-Eissa, 1995; for Sarajevo, see Husain et al, 1998; for Bosnia, see Papageorgiou et al, 2000).…”

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Young Children in Intractable Conflicts

Nasie

Diamond

Bar‐Tal

2016

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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The article examines the political socialization of young Jewish-Israeli children who live under the Israeli-Palestinian intractable conflict. It proposes arguments and presents empirical evidence to suggest that the way in which political socialization of young children happens in this context contributes to the development of conflict-supporting narratives of ethos of conflict and collective memory by the youngest generation. As a result, the conflict solidifies adherence to these narratives in adulthood, thereby serving as a major obstacle to the processes of peace-making and peace-building. Specifically, as evidence for showing how the political socialization works in Israel, a series of studies conducted in Israeli kindergartens and elementary schools are presented. These studies recount the contents acquired by young children, as well as contents delivered by teachers, related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This indicates the serious consequences of acquiring conflict-supporting narratives at an early age in societies involved in intractable conflict.

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“…For example, Landau et al. () noted that because of the complex history of the Israeli–Palestinian and Israeli Arab conflict, Israeli Arabs have a “sense of loyalty to their brethren” in the West Bank and Gaza, and that the “Jewish‐Arab rift within Israel (is) the potentially most dangerous and violent internal social conflict in Israel” (p. 326). Coefficient alphas ranged from .69 to .79 across the three time points.…”

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“…These ethnic outgroups were chosen based on extant literature from this region which identifies the key ethnic distinction in the region as that between Jews and Arabs (Bar-Tal, 1996). For example, Landau et al (2010) noted that because of the complex history of the Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli Arab conflict, Israeli Arabs have a "sense of loyalty to their brethren" in the West Bank and Gaza, and that the "Jewish-Arab rift within Israel (is) the potentially most dangerous and violent internal social conflict in Israel" (p. 326). Coefficient alphas ranged from .69 to .79 across the three time points.…”

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“…We utilized data drawn from a cohort sequential longitudinal study of children's psychosocial development in the context of persistent ethno‐political violence (Boxer et al., ; Dubow, Boxer et al., ; Dubow, Huesmann et al., ; Landau et al., ). Children were sampled from Israel and Palestine, and data were collected from three cohorts, with starting ages of 8, 11, and 14 years.…”

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Negative Stereotypes of Ethnic Outgroups: A Longitudinal Examination AmongPalestinian,IsraeliJewish, andIsraeliArab Youth

Niwa

Boxer

Dubow

et al. 2014

J of Research on Adolesc

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Ethno-political conflict impacts thousands of youth globally and has been associated with a number of negative psychological outcomes. Extant literature has mostly addressed the adverse emotional and behavioral outcomes of exposure while failing to examine change over time in social-cognitive factors in contexts of ethno-political conflict. Using cohort-sequential longitudinal data, the present study examines ethnic variation in the development of negative stereotypes about ethnic out-groups among Palestinian (n=600), Israeli Jewish (n=451), and Israeli Arab (n=450) youth over three years. Age and exposure to ethno-political violence were included as covariates for these trajectories. Findings indicate important ethnic differences in trajectories of negative stereotypes about ethnic out-groups, as well as variation in how such trajectories are shaped by prolonged ethno-political conflict.

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The Effects of Exposure to Violence on Aggressive Behavior: The Case of Arab and Jewish Children in Israel

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Serious violent behavior and antisocial outcomes as consequences of exposure to ethnic‐political conflict and violence among Israeli and Palestinian youth

Serious violent behavior and antisocial outcomes as consequences of exposure to ethnic‐political conflict and violence among Israeli and Palestinian youth

Young Children in Intractable Conflicts

Negative Stereotypes of Ethnic Outgroups: A Longitudinal Examination AmongPalestinian,IsraeliJewish, andIsraeliArab Youth

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