The mental health impact of terrorism in Israel: A repeat cross-sectional study of Arabs and Jews
The mental health impact of terrorism in Israel: A repeat cross-sectional study of Arabs and Jews
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01164.x
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发表时间：
2008-05-01
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Bleich, A.
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作者：
Gelkopf, M.;Solomon, Z.;Bleich, A.
目标：自2000年9月以来，以色列社会遭受了多次致命的恐怖袭击。很少有研究研究少数族裔和大多数人对持续恐怖袭击的相对心理健康脆弱性。方法：在恐怖袭击19个月和44个月后，对以色列人口中两个不同的代表性样本进行了两次电话调查(N=512和501)。结果：在19个月的恐怖袭击后，阿拉伯以色列人和犹太以色列人的反应与情况大致相似，但在44个月的恐怖袭击后，阿拉伯人口的创伤后症状障碍增加了三倍，创伤后症状增加了一倍，复原力几乎消失。结论：我们认为，政治冲突局势中固有的某些条件可能会将少数族裔置于危险之中，可能只有在与恐怖主义相关的压力源变得长期存在时才能观察到。
Objective: Since September 2000 Israeli society has been subjected to numerous deadly terror attacks. Few studies have studied the comparative mental health vulnerability of minorities and majorities to continuous terror attacks.Method: Two telephone surveys (N = 512 and 501) on two distinct representative samples of the Israeli population after 19 months and after 44 months of terror. The Arab minority and Jewish majority were compared on measures of exposure to terrorism, posttraumatic stress symptomatology, feeling depressed, coping, sense of safety, future orientation, and previous traumatic experiences.Results: After 19 months of terrorist attacks Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis reacted roughly similarly to the situation, however after 44 months of terror, posttraumatic symptom disorder in the Arab population increased three-fold, posttraumatic symptomatology doubled and resiliency almost disappeared.Conclusion: We suggest that certain conditions inherent to political conflict situations may potentially put minorities at risk and may only be observable as terrorism-related stressors become chronic.