Citation

Litvak Hirsch T, Braun-Lewensohn O, Lazar A. Women Health 2015; 55(4): 467-483.

Affiliation

a Program of "Conflict Resolution and Conflict Management" , Ben Gurion University of the Negev , Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/03630242.2015.1022688

PMID

25803217

Abstract

The perceptions of home, the significance attached to the home, and the reasons for the decision to continue living at home despite past and potentially future threats were investigated among Jewish-Israeli mothers whose homes were exposed to long-term rocket attacks.

FINDINGS showed that the mothers expressed a firm attachment to their homes and to their physical and social surroundings, and indicated that home attachment, in terms of thoughts, feelings and behaviors connected to home, contributed to the strengthening of their sense of coherence due to the comprehension, management and the meaning that they accorded the situation. These components of sense of coherence served as assets and coping resources which helped the women handle their stressful situations.

Language: en