Adolescents' Mental Health Outcomes According to Different Types of Exposure to Ongoing Terror Attacks

Autor/inn/en	Braun-Lewensohn, Orna; Celestin-Westreich, Smadar; Celestin, Leon-Patrice; Verte, Dominique; Ponjaert-Kristoffersen, Ingrid
Titel	Adolescents' Mental Health Outcomes According to Different Types of Exposure to Ongoing Terror Attacks
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38 (2009) 6, S.850-862 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-008-9305-8
Schlagwörter	Emotional Problems; Mental Health; Adolescents; Coping; Psychology; Terrorism; Stress Management; Psychological Patterns; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Emotional Response; Behavior Problems; Gender Differences; Mental Disorders; Age Differences; Mass Media Effects + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bewältigung; Psychologie; Terrorismus; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Emotionales Verhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	This study investigates the impact of several types of exposure to terror attacks on adolescents' psychological outcomes in the context of ongoing terror. A total of 913 adolescents (51 girls) aged 12 to 18 years (12-13.6 = 33%; 13.7-15.6 = 38%; 15.7-18 = 28%) took part in the study. Detailed data were collected concerning objective, subjective and "mixed" types of exposure to terror, as well as demographics, post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), emotional and behavioral problems and overall psychological and psychiatric difficulties. Subjective exposure was found to be the most important contributor to adolescents' post-traumatic stress and other mental health problems in this context. Gender also had important effects. The effects of objective and mixed types of exposure, as well as age, were less prominent. We did find, however, that the more adolescents consulted media, the "less" they experienced behavioral and emotional problems. Given that subjective experiences appear to be the best factor in explaining mental health outcomes when adolescents are confronted with persistent terror, the cognitive and emotional dynamics along with the coping behavior linked to such experiences merit further investigation. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10