Resilience and Political Violence: A Cross-Cultural Study of Moderating Effects among Jewish- and Arab-Israeli Youth

Autor/inn/en	Lavi, Iris; Slone, Michelle
Titel	Resilience and Political Violence: A Cross-Cultural Study of Moderating Effects among Jewish- and Arab-Israeli Youth
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 43 (2011) 3, S.845-872 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X09353437
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Children; Experience; National Security; Violence; Jews; Arabs; Comparative Analysis; Context Effect; Resilience (Psychology); Self Esteem; Self Control; Psychological Needs; Semitic Languages; Questionnaires; Politics; Social Problems; Conflict; Adjustment (to Environment); Family Influence; Coping; Public Health; Mental Health; Cross Cultural Studies; Gaza Strip; Israel; West Bank; Brief Symptom Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Erfahrung; National territory; Security; Staatsgebiet; Sicherheit; Gewalt; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Arab; Araber; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Selbstbeherrschung; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Fragebogen; Politik; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Konflikt; Bewältigung; Gesundheitswesen; Psychohygiene; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Gaza-Streifen; Westjordanland
Abstract	Children in countries involved in violent national conflicts experience difficult and, at times, extreme events such as spending long hours in shelters, witnessing terror attacks, or having a family member absent or injured while participating in battle. This study explores the moderating effect of resilience factors, self-esteem, and self-control, on relations between political violence and children's difficulties. Children and mothers from 104 Jewish- and 108 Arab-Israeli families complete questionnaires assessing political violence exposure, self-esteem, self-control, and the child's social, psychological, and behavioral difficulties. Findings show that Israeli children exhibited heightened levels of psychological difficulties with high impact of political violence, a relationship that is partially moderated by self-control. In addition, significant ethnic group differences are found. First, political life events (PLE) are positively related to the child's social, psychological, and behavioral difficulties in the Arab group. Second, the relationship between political life events and the child's difficulties is moderated by self-control in the Jewish group and by self-esteem in the Arab group. Consequences of these results to understanding the impact of political violence and the role of individual resilience during conflict are discussed. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10