TY - JOUR
T1 - Symptoms of Depression in Israeli Adolescents Following a Suicide Bombing
T2 - The Role of Gender
AU - Barile, John P.
AU - Grogan, Kathryn E.
AU - Henrich, Christopher C.
AU - Brookmeyer, Kathryn A.
AU - Shahar, Golan
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by a grant from the Israel -United States Binational Science Foundation (BSF) to Golan Shahar (principal investigator) and Christopher Henrich (coprincipal investigator).
PY - 2012/8/1
Y1 - 2012/8/1
N2 - This report investigated the potential role of gender in moderating the effects of terror attack exposure on depression symptoms in middle school students from Dimona, Israel (N = 90). Specifically, the effects of three aspects of terror attacks were investigated: physical exposure, relational exposure, and media exposure. Ninety early adolescents were assessed for terror exposure and depression before and after a suicide bombing in a town market. Results indicate that the effects of relational exposure to the suicide bombing-knowing others directly affected by a suicide bombing-on depression symptoms differed by gender. Adolescent girls who knew people affected by the suicide bombing reacted with higher levels of depressive symptoms while similarly exposed adolescent boys did not. It may be that girls, as compared to boys, express greater sympathy for victims, and are hence more vulnerable to disruptions of their social network, resulting in a heightened depressive vulnerability.
AB - This report investigated the potential role of gender in moderating the effects of terror attack exposure on depression symptoms in middle school students from Dimona, Israel (N = 90). Specifically, the effects of three aspects of terror attacks were investigated: physical exposure, relational exposure, and media exposure. Ninety early adolescents were assessed for terror exposure and depression before and after a suicide bombing in a town market. Results indicate that the effects of relational exposure to the suicide bombing-knowing others directly affected by a suicide bombing-on depression symptoms differed by gender. Adolescent girls who knew people affected by the suicide bombing reacted with higher levels of depressive symptoms while similarly exposed adolescent boys did not. It may be that girls, as compared to boys, express greater sympathy for victims, and are hence more vulnerable to disruptions of their social network, resulting in a heightened depressive vulnerability.
KW - depression
KW - gender
KW - risk
KW - violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863686971&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0272431611400317
DO - 10.1177/0272431611400317
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863686971
VL - 32
SP - 502
EP - 515
JO - Journal of Early Adolescence
JF - Journal of Early Adolescence
SN - 0272-4316
IS - 4
ER -
