Social support, world assumptions, and exposure as predictors of anxiety and quality of life following a mass trauma.

Autor: Grills-Taquechel AE; Department of Psychology, 126 Heyne Building, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5022, USA. aegrills@uh.edu, Littleton HL, Axsom D
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of anxiety disorders [J Anxiety Disord] 2011 May; Vol. 25 (4), pp. 498-506. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Dec 21.
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.12.003
Abstrakt: This study examined the influence of a mass trauma (the Virginia Tech campus shootings) on anxiety symptoms and quality of life, as well as the potential vulnerability/protective roles of world assumptions and social support. Pre-trauma adjustment data, collected in the six months prior to the shooting, was examined along with two-month post-shooting data in a sample of 298 female students enrolled at the university at the time of the shootings. Linear regression analyses revealed consistent predictive roles for world assumptions pertaining to control and self-worth as well as family support. In addition, for those more severely exposed to the shooting, greater belief in a lack of control over outcomes appeared to increase vulnerability for post-trauma physiological and emotional anxiety symptoms. Implications of the results for research and intervention following mass trauma are discussed.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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