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Dimensions of the Political Environment Affecting Children's Mental Health

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  • Michelle Slone
  • Thalma Lobel

    (Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University)

  • Izhak Gilat

    (Israeli Hotline Services)

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This study investigates the effect of three psychopolitical factors on children's psychological adjustment. The three factors are exposure to political life events, impact assigned to experienced events, and perception of threat. Subjects were 397 Israeli children aged 12-13 sampled from three residential areas, which differed along a religious-ideological axis—West Bank settlements, the Golan Heights, and greater Tel Aviv. All children responded to a political life events scale, a questionnaire battery assessing threat perception and ideological conviction, and the Brief Symptom Inventory. Results for two factors confirm the central hypothesis that the factors will be related linearly to distress, indicating increased distress levels with magnification of perceived impact of political events and perception of threat. A secondary hypothesis that ideology mediates the psychopolitical variables to distress relation was not confirmed. These results have implications for comprehension of political environmental dimensions impairing children's mental health.

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  • Michelle Slone & Thalma Lobel & Izhak Gilat, 1999. "Dimensions of the Political Environment Affecting Children's Mental Health," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 43(1), pages 78-91, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:43:y:1999:i:1:p:78-91
    DOI: 10.1177/0022002799043001005
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