Military Service and Self-Perceived Maturation Among Israeli Youth

Dar, Yechezkel; Kimhi, Shaul

doi:10.1023/a:1010493116011

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“…The first claims that the differences are due to womenÕs greater willingness to report their true feelings, and the second is that women have a greater tendency to react to stressors. The current study might suggest that the first explanation is preferable, based on a study that was done among soldiers in the Israeli army and which found that soldiers, exposed to situations of war, must control their fearful thoughts and emotions to be able to cope with the fighting (Dar & Kimhi, 2001). The boys who participated in this study were about 2 years preceding recruitment to the army.…”

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confidence: 96%

Teenagers Response to Threat of War and Terror: Gender and the Role of Social Systems

Skrzypek

Kimhi

2007

Community Ment Health J

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This study focuses on the role of gender and the way social systems (family and friends' support, stress attributed to parents, friends and others in the community) are perceived in contributing to the reaction to stressors of war and threat of terror among teenagers living in Israel along the Lebanese border. The study was implemented shortly after Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon with a sample of 353 teenagers. The study is based on the teenagers' self-report. The results reveals the following: (a) gender relates significantly to level of stress but not to general life satisfaction; (b) stress attributed to the parents and to the peers has a greater contribution to the level of stress than the supportive family atmosphere and peer support; (c) stress attributed to the parents and peers was found to be a mediator between gender and level of stress; (d) supportive family atmosphere was found to be a mediator between gender and one measurement of stress, while peer support was not found to have any mediating role. Special attention is given to the finding that stress attributed to parents and friends has greater significance than the support provided by them.

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confidence: 96%

Teenagers Response to Threat of War and Terror: Gender and the Role of Social Systems

Skrzypek

Kimhi

2007

Community Ment Health J

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“…Scholars often refer to this mandatory service as a significant phase in the lives of young Jewish Israelis entering adulthood, both psychologically and socially (Mazali 1998). Moreover, the key role that military service plays in Israeli life fosters a certain machismo and paternalism that affects society's attitudes toward non-heterosexual orientation (Dar and Kimhi 2001). In 1993, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) initiated a nondiscriminatory policy, stating that no restrictions should be made on the recruitment, assignment, and promotion of individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender identity (IDF Manpower Division 1993).…”

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“…Age classification was based on the fact that in Israel, as in other western countries, the age of eighteen marks the legal transition from adolescence to adulthood. In Israel, it is also the age when most Jewish youths are conscripted into compulsory military service, which is a significant psychological and social milestone in the lives of young Jewish Israeli adults (Dar and Kimhi 2001). Of the total 890 LGBQ participants, 238 (26.7 %) were youths under the age of 18 and 652 (73.3 %) were adults.…”

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Individual and Community Resilience Factors Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer and Questioning Youth and Adults in Israel

Shilo

Antebi

Mor

2014

American J of Comm Psychol

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Drawing on resilience theories, this study examined the individual and community factors of Israeli lesbians, gays, bisexuals, queers, and questioning (LGBQs) that contribute to positive mental health and the degree to which individual and community protective factors mitigate the adverse effect of risk factors for poor mental health. Differences in resilience factors between LGBQ youth and adults were explored. Data were collected on 890 LGBQ youth and adults. Findings emphasize the role of community-level resilience factors in the lives of LGBQs, and that these support systems differ slightly between the two age groups. Among youth, family support was both a strong predictor for well-being and a protective factor for mental distress. Although family support was found as a resilience factor among adults as well, other community-level factors (friends' support, LGBT connectedness and having steady partner) were found as protective factors for poorer mental health. These findings suggest for efforts on fostering familial support for LGBQ youth and a multi-level system that offers support at the familial, peer, relationship and community levels for both LGBQ youth and adults.

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“…Our findings suggest that any differential development related to type of service is at best small. We could not confirm the findings reported by Jackson et al (2012) Military service can be seen as an interruption of life, but also as an opportunity for experiencing new social settings and for acquiring skills (Dar & Kimhi, 2001). A substantial reduction of SWB would suit opponents of conscription who argue that the seemingly inevitable draft constricts personal freedom (cf.…”

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“…The physical demands of basic training and the daily routine can clash with individual habits (Dar & Kimhi, 2001). Military service provides an explicit set of desirable norms and behaviors.…”

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Compulsory Military Service and Personality Development

Schult

Sparfeldt

2015

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. Contrasting previous research, agreeableness ratings remained stable in both groups.Conscientiousness increased in both groups (η² = .067). The potentially disruptive nature of conscription is not reflected in the present longitudinal results. Overall, personality traits and life satisfaction appear to remain remarkably stable despite the substantial changes of living environments and daily routines associated with military service.

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Military Service and Self-Perceived Maturation Among Israeli Youth

Cited by 44 publications

References 34 publications

Teenagers Response to Threat of War and Terror: Gender and the Role of Social Systems

Teenagers Response to Threat of War and Terror: Gender and the Role of Social Systems

Individual and Community Resilience Factors Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer and Questioning Youth and Adults in Israel

Compulsory Military Service and Personality Development

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