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The aim of this study was to examine, in conditions of prolonged terror, the possible influences of yet another terrorist attack as an additional traumatic event on children's reactions in the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive spheres, and to identify any mediating factors. The sample included 747 students in junior high schools in three Israeli cities. None of the participants was directly exposed to terrorist attacks, but they all lived with the possibility of daily terror. The research focused on fear as the most common and widespread reaction to terror and war. Short-term and long-term symptoms of fear were studied. It was found that an additional terrorist attack had no significant influence on children's emotional, cognitive, or behavioral spheres. Terror that has become habitual becomes negligible. Children learn to adjust to loss without experiencing grief.
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Desastres , Medo , Desenvolvimento da Personalidade , Terrorismo/psicologia , Guerra , Adaptação Psicológica , Adolescente , Criança , Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil/diagnóstico , Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil/psicologia , Feminino , Humanos , Israel , Masculino , Oriente Médio , Poder Familiar/psicologia , Determinação da Personalidade/estatística & dados numéricos , Análise de Componente Principal , Psicometria/estatística & dados numéricos , Meio SocialRESUMO
The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of parents' disability on children's feelings toward their parents. The paper focuses on the comparison of children's feelings toward their parents among school-age children with disabled parents (research group, n=45) and without disabled parents (control group, n=46). A two-dimensional approach was used. This approach is based on the assumption that positive and negative dimensions coexist relatively independently, rather than being polar opposites. The results show that positive and negative feelings toward parents coexist among most of the children in both the groups, but the general intensity of feeling toward parents and the discrepancy between the positive and the negative feeling were higher in the research group than in the control group. The research group was found to express more positive and ambivalent feelings and fewer negative and indifferent feelings than the control group. Moderator effects of age on these feelings in both groups were found as well. The implications of the research findings are discussed and future research is recommended.
