Longitudinal Associations of Past and Cumulative Terrorism Exposure with Community Violence Exposure Among Israeli Adolescents: Aggression and Severe Violence Commission as Moderators
Golan Shahar, Avi Besser, Christopher C. Henrich · 2026
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Shahar and colleagues examined in 2026 how past terrorism exposure relates to later local violence exposure among 362 Israeli teenagers, using survey waves from 2008 and 2010. They asked whether aggression and having committed severe violence changed the link between rocket and terror exposure and later seeing or suffering violence.
The pattern fit dual-vulnerability ideas better than simple stress models. Past terror exposure predicted more later witnessing mainly among teens with low aggression or low severe violence. At higher levels of those behaviors, the link faded or even reversed. Witnessing and direct victimization also behaved differently. The authors suggest screening in chronically threatened communities should assess terror exposure and conduct together, and pair trauma care with school and community violence prevention.
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| CREATOR | Golan Shahar, Avi Besser, Christopher C. Henrich |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 64 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |