Children's selective coping after a bus disaster: Confronting behavior and perceived support
✍ Scribed by Norman (Noach) Milgram; Yosef H. Toubiana
- Book ID
- 102925929
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 817 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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✦ Synopsis
Data were obtained from 675 seventh graders grieving the death of 19 and injury of 14 fellow students in a traffic accident. Frequency of confronting behaviors was inverseb related to their intensiy. Perceived helpfulness of the various support person categories (oneself; parents, siblings, relatives, fiends, classmates, classroom teachers, guidance counselors, psycholog&) was related to current stress levels, context of the disaster, and prior herping relationships. Personal loss and situational variables affected confronting behavior and stress reaction levek Specific helpful support persons affected interest in individual andlor group treatment. Findings were consistent with a model of search and selection of helpfil support persons in communiry-wide stressful situations.