@article{ref1,
title="Does self-complexity moderate the effects of exposure to political violence for adolescents?",
journal="Anxiety, stress, and coping",
year="2013",
author="Slone, Michelle and Roziner, Ilan",
volume="26",
number="6",
pages="659-673",
abstract="This study examined the moderating role of self-complexity (SC) on well-being (WB) and psychopathology among Israeli adolescents exposed to the Second Lebanon War (2006). Adolescents (N=584, mean age 16.41) completed a SC measure, Political and Negative Life Events (NLE) scales, Brief Symptom Inventory and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The theoretical model analyzed the function of SC as a moderator of exposure effects to political life events (PLE), while controlling for general NLE. Results corroborated the model with SC moderating the effects of the war-related PLE. Adolescents with low SC are at risk for damaged WB and psychiatric consequences from political violence exposure. This opens a diagnostic avenue for identification of at-risk adolescents in this socio-political context toward whom clinical programs should be directed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1061-5806",
doi="10.1080/10615806.2013.782396",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2013.782396"
}