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A nation's response to attack: Israelis' depressive reactions to the gulf war
Author(s) -
Lomranz Jacob,
Eyal Nitza,
Hobfoll Stevan E.,
Johnson Robert,
Zemach Mina
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.2490070107
Subject(s) - gulf war , psychiatry , mood , depression (economics) , depressive mood , medicine , demography , history , ancient history , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
We examined Israelis' reactions to the Gulf War and SCUD missile attacks. Four national samples of Israelis (n = 3,204) were interviewed as to depressive mood on four occasions—prior to the Gulf Crisis, as the war approached, during the SCUD missile attacks, and after cessation of hostilities. There was an expected increase in depressive mood during the period of SCUD missile attacks and a quick return to base‐line levels following the hostilities. Less educated and older individuals reported higher base‐line levels of depressive mood and were at higher risk for clinical depression. Women and men did not differ in depressive mood before or after the SCUD missile attacks. However, women experienced a marked increase in depressive mood when the SCUD missile attacks occurred.