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THE DEFENSIVE NATURE OF BENEFIT FINDING DURING ONGOING TERRORISM: AN EXAMINATION OF A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF ISRAELI JEWS

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Author	Hall, Brian J. E., Hobfoll Stevan Canetti, Daphna Johnson, Robert J. Galea, Sandro
Abstract	A study examining the effects of terrorism on a national sample of 1,136 Jewish adults was conducted in Israel via telephone surveys, during the Second Intifada. The relationship between reports of positive changes occurring subsequent to terrorism exposure (i.e., Benefit finding), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, and negative outgroup attitudes toward Palestinian citizens of Israel (PCI) was examined. Benefit finding was related to greater PTSD symptom severity. Further, Benefit finding was related to greater threat perception of PCI and ethnic exclusionism of PCI. Findings were consistent with hypotheses derived from theories of outgroup bias and support the anxiety buffering role of social affiliation posited by terror management theory. This study suggests that benefit finding may be a defensive coping strategy when expressed under the conditions of ongoing terrorism and external threat.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2009.28.8.993
Ending Page	1021
Page Count	29
Starting Page	993
File Format	PDF
ISSN	07367236
Journal	Journal of social and clinical psychology
Issue Number	8
Volume Number	28
Language	English
Publisher Date	2009-10-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Clinical Psychology Social Psychology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Psychology Clinical Psychology

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