title: Perceived family social support buffers against the effects of exposure to rocket attacks on adolescent depression, aggression, and severe violence.
abstract: The authors compared the protective effects of 3 sources of perceived social support-from family members, friends, and school personnel-on internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescents exposed to rocket attacks. Data were based on 362 Israeli adolescents (median age = 14), chronically exposed to rockets from the Gaza Strip, for whom robust effects of exposure on internalizing and externalizing symptoms were reported during the 2009-2010 period (Henrich & Shahar, 2013). New analyses revealed that perceived family social support assessed in 2009 buffered against the effect of exposure to rocket attacks on depression, aggression, and severe violence during 2009-2010. Findings are consistent with a human-ecological perspective exposure to political violence and encourage the employment of family-based preventive interventions in afflicted areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
authors.forename: Golan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shahar
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Georgia State University.
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Henrich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D000069581:Exposure to Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D005178:Faculty; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D065840:Protective Factors; D012944:Social Support; D023481:Terrorism / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology