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Indirect exposure to the September 11 terrorist attacks: Does symptom structure resemble PTSD?

✍ Scribed by Michael Suvak; Shira Maguen; Brett T. Litz; Roxane Cohen Silver; E. Alison Holman

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 168 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0894-9867
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20289

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The authors conducted confirmatory factor analyses of reports of posttraumatic stress reactions using a national probability sample of individuals indirectly exposed to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (n = 675). Reactions at three time points in the year after the attacks were best accounted for by a lower‐order, 4‐factor solution (Reexperiencing, Strategic Avoidance, Emotional Numbing, and Hyperarousal Symptoms). Indirect exposure to a traumatic event appears to induce a response with a similar symptom structure as responses to direct exposure.

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