Millions of children have been maimed, displaced, orphaned and killed in modern warfare
that targets civilian populations. Several reviews have documented the impact of political …

Background Researchers focused on mental health of conflict‐affected children are
increasingly interested in the concept of resilience. Knowledge on resilience may assist in …

Research on altruism has focused on its positive roots, whereas research on the effects of
victimization and suffering has focused on aggression and difficulties in functioning …

This paper introduces the concept of “altruism born of suffering,” and provides a review and
integration of relevant research and theories from various disciplines. In contrast to the well …

This study assessed the pathogenic and salutogenic effects of exposure to terror among
Israeli youth. A total of 2,999 adolescents from grades seven through nine in four areas of …

This article reports the results of 2 studies examining altruism born of suffering (E. Staub &
JR Vollhardt, 2008). More specifically, we examined inclusive altruism born of suffering …

The purpose of this study was to assess the relation between trauma exposure and
prosocial behavior. Undergraduate students (N= 1,528) completed online measures of …

The study tested whether children's prosocial behavior was negatively or positively related
to children's and mothers' psychological problems. Participants were 149 London families …

Several conditions related to health and development in adolescence can increase the risk
that a young person will be exposed to the criminal justice system. Such determinants …

Inspired by the ideals of the so-called Arab Spring, and after the collapse of the entrenched
regimes in Tunisia, Libya, Yemen and Egypt, an increasing number of Syrian citizens began …