TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Young Israelis' reactions to national trauma: the Rabin assassination and terror attacks
JO  - Political psychology
A1  - Raviv, Amiram
A1  - Sadeh, Avi
A1  - Raviv, Alona
A1  - Silberstein, Ora
A1  - Diver, Orna
SP  - 299
EP  - 322
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
N2  - This study examined the cognitive and emotional reactions of 477 Israeli high school students to the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (immediately after the event as well as 5 months later) and to a series of terror attacks. The respondents' reactions to the two events were compared as a function of gender and political orientation. About 50% of the respondents who changed their political views immediately after the assassination reverted to pre-event attitudes 5 months later. Emotional reactions to the assassination showed substantial fading after 5 months, with extent of fading unaffected by gender or political orientation. The intensity of emotional reactions was affected by political orientation: Although Rabin's supporters and his opponents reacted with equal intensity to the terror attacks, supporters reacted with the same intensity to Rabin's assassination, whereas opponents' reactions to the assassination were less intense.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0162-895X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0162-895X.00189
ID  - ref1
ER  -