The relationships between on-going terror attacks, military operations and wars and the well-being of Jewish and Arab three generations civilians in Israel

Abstract

Between the state of Israel independent declaration in 1948, until this very days, wars, military operations and on-going national terror had been its daily routine to cope with. Th e main goal of this study was to review published studies on the impact of those extreme negative life events on the well-being and mental health of various groups of Arab and Jewish civilians in Israel. In addition, this study emphasizes well-known PTSD risk factors related to terrorism, military operations and war in Israel, as well as dissociative symptoms, ASD symptoms, and Death anxiety. Th e study also deals with some of the background characteristics, the internal and the external resources of the individual, in three age groups, which can take the role of mediator variables between those negative events and the populations' well-being. Th e literature published in Israel from the beginning of studding those subjects, available up to January 2017, was systematically reviewed. About thirteen studies on the impact of on-going terror attacks and risk factors for distress, trauma and PTSD and, about ten studies on coping strategies were identifi ed. Causes, risk factors, variety of outcomes and coping strategies were widespread from the earlier and traditional to more recent and modern approaches towards those subjects and sometimes integrated.

A Conflict of Values: Nurses’ Willingness to Work Under Threatening Conditions

“…Israel, a country of approximately 8 million people, has a long history of war and terrorist events. A systematic review of studies investigating the impact of war and terror on Israeli mental health concluded that increased physical and psychological exposure to war and terror is associated with increased symptoms, more so in women compared to men (Ron & Ron, ). Three Israeli nurses conducted two studies in this area.…”