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Gavriel-Fried, Belle; Teichman, Meir – Journal of Drug Education, 2007
The study examines the issue of ego identity among adolescent sons of alcoholic fathers. Forty-four adolescent sons of alcoholic fathers, age of 15-18, constituted the sample. They were drawn from public alcohol treatment center in Israel. The control group included 60 adolescents none of their parents is known as an alcoholic, sampled from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Fathers, Defense Mechanisms
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Klingman, Avigdor – School Psychology International, 2000
Examines the response of children in the Golan Heights to the ambiguous situation during the continuing peace talks between Israel and Syria concerning a possible evacuation of the region's settlers. Results suggest that social support, defensiveness, religion, and living in smaller settlements predicted better coping, whereas less social support…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Children, Collective Settlements
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Seginer, Rachel – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2000
Examined academic and social defensive pessimism and optimism strategies and adolescents' future orientation in the domains of education and military service. Found that academic strategies were significantly linked to prospective education components and social strategies to military service components. Found that investment in prospective…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Coping