Citation

Slone M, Roziner I. Anxiety Stress Coping 2013; 26(6): 659-673.

Affiliation

School of Psychological Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10615806.2013.782396

PMID

23537009

Abstract

This study examined the moderating role of self-complexity (SC) on well-being (WB) and psychopathology among Israeli adolescents exposed to the Second Lebanon War (2006). Adolescents (N=584, mean age 16.41) completed a SC measure, Political and Negative Life Events (NLE) scales, Brief Symptom Inventory and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The theoretical model analyzed the function of SC as a moderator of exposure effects to political life events (PLE), while controlling for general NLE. Results corroborated the model with SC moderating the effects of the war-related PLE. Adolescents with low SC are at risk for damaged WB and psychiatric consequences from political violence exposure. This opens a diagnostic avenue for identification of at-risk adolescents in this socio-political context toward whom clinical programs should be directed.

Language: en