| The central role of resource loss and gain on the psychological sequalae of terrorist attacks (2006) | |||||||||||||
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| Journal Traumatic Stress Vol December The Impact Resource Loss and Traumatic Growth Probable PTSD and Depression Following Terrorist Attacks Stevan Hobfoll The Applied Psychology Center Kent State University Kent and Department Psychiatry Summa Health System Akron Melissa Tracy and Sandro Galea Department Epidemiology School Public Health The University Michigan Ann Arbor The authors interviewed phone randomly selected individuals New York City within months after the attacks September the World Trade Center and these were reinterviewed to month follow was hypothesized that resource loss would signi cantly predict probable posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD and probable depression since September and that resource loss impact would independent previously identi predictors relating individuals demographic characteristics history stressful event exposure prior trauma history peritraumatic experience and social support Second was predicted that reported traumatic growth would related greater not lesser psychological distress The authors ndings supported their hypotheses for resource loss but traumatic growth was unrelated psychological outcomes when other predictors were controlled The attacks September the World Trade Center WTC New York City NYC represented the largest terrorist attack history The attacks brought signi cant loss life with killed billion estimated destruction property and loss estimated people livelihoods New York City Department Health and Mental Hygiene New Y. http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/49237/1/hobfoll_impact of resource loss and traumatic growth_2006.pdf | |||||||||||||
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