Journal of Psychology & Behavioral Science

Resilience among Students from the Majority and Minority Group: The Israeli Case
Shaul Kimhi, Gal Dror, Sapir Sterne

Abstract
The current study examined levels of individual, community and national resilience as well as resilience protective and suppressing factors among Israeli Jewish (majority group) and Israeli Arab (minority group) students. Results indicated that Israeli Jewish students reported higher levels of individual, community and national resilience scale scores compared with Israeli Arab students. However, when resilience was measured as strength to vulnerability ratio, only individual resilience was significant. Results indicated a similar pattern of association between resilience protective and suppressive factors and measures of resilience. In addition, and as expected, Israeli Jewish students reported higher levels of sense of coherence, and reported higher quality of life. Israeli Arab students reported higher levels of distress symptoms and a higher level of exposure to terror. However, Israeli Jews reported a higher sense of danger compared with Israeli Arabs.

Full Text: PDF     DOI: 10.15640/jpbs.v5n1a5