Psychological Effects of War and Violence on Children

Lewis A. Leavitt, Nathan A. Fox

• Contents: L.A. Leavitt, N.A. Fox, Introduction. Part I:Overview.E. Goldson, War Is Not Good for Children. J. Garbarino, K. Kostelny, Children's Response to War: What Do We Know? D. Cicchetti, S.L. Toth, M. Lynch, The Developmental Sequelae of Child Maltreatment: Implications for War-Related Trauma. Part II:The Middle East Conflict: Its Effect on Children.A. Klingman, A. Sagi, A. Raviv, The Effect of War on Israeli Children. N. Shilo-Cohen, Israeli Children Paint War. C.W. Greenbaum, C. Erlich, Y.H. Toubiana, Settler Children and the Gulf War. S. Masalha, The Effect of Prewar Conditions on the Psychological Reactions of Palestinian Children to the Gulf War. N. Bat-Zion, R. Levy-Shiff, Children in War: Stress and Coping Reactions Under the Threat of Scud Missile Attacks and the Effect of Proximity. R.J. Apfel, B. Simon, On the Value of a Psychoanalytic Perspective in Research on Children in War: Group Interviews of Israeli and Palestinian Children During the Gulf War and 1 Year Later. K. Nader, R.S. Pynoos, The Children of Kuwait After the Gulf Crisis. Part III:International Perspectives on Children and Violence.C. Liddell, J. Kemp, M. Moema, The Young Lions: South African Children and Youth in Political Struggle. E. Cairns, I.J. Toner, Children and Political Violence in Northern Ireland: From Riots to Reconciliation. S. Goldberg, Violence at a Distance: Thinking About the Nuclear Threat. J.E. Richters, P. Martinez, Children as Victims of and Witnesses to Violence in a Washington, D.C. Neighborhood. Part IV:Perspectives on Intervention.S. Marans, D.J. Cohen, Children and Inner-City Violence: Strategies for Intervention. T. Field, Israeli Children in the Gulf War: Problems of Masks and Peer Separation. A. Raviv, The Use of Hotline and Media Interventions in Israel During the Gulf War. C.R. Figley, War-Related Stress and Family-Centered Intervention: American Children and the Gulf War.

"In an emerging field of research on the consequences of children's exposure to violence, this volume represents a major contribution. An important resource guide for scholars and clinicians."—CHOICE"There are many thought provoking ideas for the conflicts of the future which seem sadly inevitable."—Journal of Traumatic Stress