ERIC Number: EJ800090
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0165-0254
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Efficacy of a School-Based Primary Prevention Program for Coping with Exposure to Political Violence
Slone, Michelle; Shoshani, Anat
International Journal of Behavioral Development, v32 n4 p348-358 2008
A paradigm conceptualizing resilience as factors moderating between political violence exposure and psychological distress administered in a 7-year research project yielded a profile of factors promoting Israeli children's coping in conflict conditions. Three factors--social support mobilization, self-efficacy, and meaning attribution--were incorporated into a school-based primary intervention program. In a repeated measures design, the study assessed pre to post-test modifications in the three resilience factors and psychological distress in a primary and control intervention condition and the interaction of actual political violence exposure on distress reduction. Results validated modification only of the mobilization of support factor, but nonetheless confirmed the primary program's efficacy in moderating psychological distress particularly among children with low actual political violence exposure, who showed greater distress increases in the control condition. Findings reinforce the educational system's role in promoting resilience among children in conflict environments. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Violence, Self Efficacy, Prevention, Conflict, Childrens Rights, Coping, Psychology, Political Issues, Personality Traits, Children, Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, School Role, Psychological Patterns, Stress Management, Program Effectiveness, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Grade 8, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7; Grade 8; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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