TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - The spark that might have ignited the fire: the association of cognitive and psychological factors with state anxiety in light of the Syrian-Israeli incident
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Hamama-Raz, Yaira
A1  - Mahat-Shamir, Michal
A1  - Ring, Lia
A1  - Pitcho-Prelorentzos, Shani
A1  - Ben-Ezra, Menachem
SP  - 815
EP  - 821
VL  - 270
IS  - 
N2  - The current study aimed to explore Israelis' state anxiety due to a Syrian-Israeli incident that occurred on February 10, 2018, when an Israeli F-16 fighter jet was shot down by Syrian air defense forces. In line with the "looming vulnerability" model which emphasizes the importance of the dynamic nature of psychologically threatening situations, the following psychological factors were suggested: associative memory of prior events, worries of future war, sense of safety, and death anxiety. We employed two cross-sectional points of time in our assessment: 36 hours and three months after the incident. Using an online survey, 162 adult participants were recruited in Study 1 and 172 in Study 2. The participants completed set of questionnaires measuring state anxiety along with other psychological measures. The results of the two studies suggested that higher levels of worry of future war and lower levels of sense of safety associated with higher state anxiety. The looming vulnerability model and variables associated with state anxiety were found to have a salient role in explaining state anxiety as a response to a negative unexpected event.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.10.072
ID  - ref1
ER  -