Children's Affective Reactions and Coping under Threat of Uprooting: The Case of the Golan Heights

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    Abstract

    This study examines the response of children in the Golan Heights to the ambiguous situation during the continuing peace talks between Israel and Syria concerning a possible evacuation of the region's settlers. The study sample consisted of 218 fourth-grade children who responded to an adaptation of the Bar-Ilan Picture Test for Children (Itskovitz and Strauss, 1982, 1986). The results suggest that social support, defensiveness, religion and living in smaller settlements predicted better coping, whereas less social support and high emotional expressiveness predicted greater anxiety. The implications of these findings for school psychologists are discussed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)377-392
    Number of pages16
    JournalSchool Psychology International
    Volume21
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Nov 2000

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Education
    • Developmental and Educational Psychology
    • Psychiatry and Mental health

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