Adolescents Exposed to 7 Years of Political Violen

Authors: Michelle Slone Tomer Shechner

Publish Date: 2011/02/23

Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 529-545

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Abstract

The first aim of this study was to describe exposure to political violence and its assigned impact for Israeli adolescents growing up in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict environment spanning 7 years of the second Palestinian Intifada 1998–2004 The second aim was to examine ethnic group differences in exposure and impact over this period Participants were 3800 Jewish and Arab Israeli adolescents sampled in a crosssectional design during three exposure periods—antecedent peak and receding Intifada—who completed a Political Life Events PLE questionnaire that yielded objective exposure and subjective impact measures As expected for the full sample PLE exposure peaked at the Intifada peak but increased exposure was not matched by increased impact Ethnic group differences were found for both objective exposure and subjective impact and for their pattern across the three Intifada time periods This ethnic group influence is discussed from a crosscultural politicoideological and developmental perspective

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