Tel-hai College, Qiryat Shemona, Israel.
Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Community Ment Health J. 2020 Nov;56(8):1480-1488. doi: 10.1007/s10597-020-00592-w. Epub 2020 Feb 25.
The present study investigates predictors of the national resilience (NR) and community resilience (CR) of civilians who live on Israel's northern border, and are facing for years acts of terror and threats of war. A sample of 1515 kibbutz (communal settlement) members who live next to this northern Israeli border has responded to questionnaires pertaining to the investigated resiliencies. Results indicate that under these conditions psychological reactions (trust in community institutes and individual resilience), rather than demographic characteristics, are the best predictors of NR and CR; although NR is further predicted by right-wing political attitudes. Our data suggest that CR and NR are not predicted by objective examinations of the strength of one's community or country. Both of them are perceived as stronger the greater the trust of the respondents in their own ability to cope with adversities, and in the ability of their close community to take care of them and their families in face of terror.
本研究调查了生活在以色列北部边境、多年来一直面临恐怖行为和战争威胁的平民的国家复原力（NR）和社区复原力（CR）的预测因素。一个由 1515 名基布兹（社区定居点）成员组成的样本，居住在这个以色列北部边境附近，对与所调查的复原力有关的问卷做出了回应。结果表明，在这些条件下，心理反应（对社区机构和个人复原力的信任）而不是人口特征，是 NR 和 CR 的最佳预测因素；尽管 NR 还可以由右翼政治态度进一步预测。我们的数据表明，CR 和 NR 不能通过对一个人的社区或国家的实力的客观检查来预测。受访者对自己应对逆境的能力以及在面临恐怖时自己所在的亲密社区照顾他们及其家人的能力的信任程度越高，他们对这两者的感知就越强。
