Social and Psychological Resources and Health Outcomes After the World Trade Center Disaster  

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Adams, Richard E. ; Boscarino, Joseph A. ; Galea, Sandro

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 62 no. 1 (Jan. 2006), page 176-188.
Topik: WORLD TRADE; community disasters; world trade center disaster; psychological well being; stress and coping; united states

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.1 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Pervious studies on community disasters tend to assess non representative samples and use nonstandard measures of well being. Additionally, few of these studies are longitudinal in design. In this report, we examine the consequences of the world trade center disaster (WTCD) within a stress model perspective to assess level of exposure to the disaster and well being after this event, as measured by the SF12 mental health and physical health scales. Data come from a two wave panel study of 1681 english or spanish speaking adults living in new york city on the day of the terrorist attacks and were collected by telephone interviews 1 and 2 years after the disaster. In ordinary least squaers regression models that contained demographic characteristics, stress risk factors, and social psychological resources as independent variables, level of exposure to the disaster was associated with poorer wave 2 physical well being, but not psychological health. Level of disaster exposure was not related to wave 2 physical health, however once the wave 1 level of physical health was controlled, suggesting that disaster exposure did not have a lasting impact on variation in physical well being. Results also indicated that experiencing a panic attack, negative life events, or traumatic events were related to wave 2 physical health, however, once the wave 1 level of pysical health was controlled, suggesting that disaster exposure did not have a lasting impact on variation in physical well being. Results also indicated that experiencing a panic attack, negative life events, or traumatic events were related to poorer physical health. Respondents who met screeening criteria for possible alcohol dependence post disaster, experienced negative life events, or experienced traumatic events, were more likely to suffer from poorer mental health compared to those who did not meet the criteria, experience negative life events or experience traumas. We discuss these findings relative to community disasters in industralized and developing countries.

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