Abstract
The interrelationships of coping responses, self-control and trait anxiety in Israeli university students during the 1991 Gulf war were investigated. Respondents (35 male and 58 female students) responded to a battery of questionnaires at the end of the war to assess these variables. Their responses, which referred to the sealed room situation, were characterized by attempts to help others and relatively low emotion-focused reactions. Based on factor analysis, a three-factor structure of response modes is suggested: instrumental, emotion-focused and blunting-like. Self-control was found to be associated with a lower intensity of the emotion-focused response mode. Trait anxiety did not correlate with any of the response modes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 415-426 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Traumatic Stress |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1994 |
Keywords
- response style
- scud missile attacks
- self-control
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health