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A structural equation model of perievent panic and posttraumatic stress disorder after a community disaster

✍ Scribed by Richard E. Adams; Joseph A. Boscarino

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 122 KB
Volume: 24
Category: Article
ISSN: 0894-9867
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20603

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Studies suggest that perievent panic attacks are predictive of future posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Using a population of New York City residents interviewed after the World Trade Center Disaster, the authors measured event exposure, perievent panic, potential confounding, mediating variables, and PTSD. When they estimated a structural equation model, with other stressor events, psychological resources, and Year 1 and Year 2 PTSD as latent variables and adjusted for confounders, the association between perievent panic and Year 2 PTSD was not significant. Results revealed that perievent panic was predictive of Year 1 PTSD, but not Year 2 PTSD. Year 2 stressors and Year 2 psychosocial resources were the best predictors of Year 2 PTSD.

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