ABSTRACT
War is unique among sources of extreme psychic stress. Children are exposed to the terrors of wars and armed conflicts worldwide, yet relatively few attempts have been made to study, empirically, war-related stress and coping reactions and the underlying psychological processes operating in children’s efforts to adapt in these situations. The aim of the present study was to explore the dynamics of Israeli children’s stress responses under the threat of missile attacks during the Gulf War, and the relationship between the degree of exposure to the war-induced threatening events and these stress responses.
