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Mouhanna, Farah; DeJong, Jocelyn; Afifi, Rima; Asmar, Khalil; Nazha, Bassel; Zurayk, Huda – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
Reproductive health education (RHE) programmes in schools are a well-recognised means of helping young people make informed decisions relating to their sexual health and well-being. Very little research however has investigated attitudes towards such programmes among students in the Arab world. A national HIV education curriculum was developed in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Comprehensive School Health Education, Health Behavior
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Kimhi, Shaul; Eshel, Yohanan; Zysberg, Leehu; Hantman, Shira – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2010
Posttraumatic stress and recovery were investigated among 820 adolescents living on the Israeli-Lebanese border 1 year after the Second Lebanon War of 2006. It was hypothesized that most adolescents would not report serious symptoms, whereas a minority would complain about high-level prolonged postwar symptoms. Another minority would indicate…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Family Relationship, Family Environment
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Assal, Adel; Farrell, Edwin – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1992
Investigates how Lebanese youth attempt to confer meaning on the events of their lives in the midst of civil war. Numerous and intensive interviews of children, adolescents, parents, and teachers from different factions show that the meanings many young people make from their fears are inadequate. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Coping, Defense Mechanisms