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The Traumatic Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks and the Potential Protection of Optimism

Published:2006-05 Issue:5 Volume:21 Page:689-700
ISSN:0886-2605
Container-title:Journal of Interpersonal Violence
language:en
Short-container-title:J Interpers Violence

Author:

Ai Amy L.,Evans-Campbell Teresa¹,Santangelo Linda K.²,Cascio Toni³

Affiliation:

1. University of Washington, Seattle

2. University of Nevada, Reno

3. University of Maryland, Baltimore

Abstract

This study examined the impact of the September 11 terrorist attacks on graduate and undergraduate students and the role of optimism in posttraumatic distress. A sample of 457 students who attended courses at three schools of social work (Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Washington) participated in the study. A quarter of them had a known person as an immediate victim of the attacks. Multivariate analysis showed that posttraumatic stress disorder symptom scores were positively related to personal loss and two types of previous trauma reactivated by the attacks, and levels of initial negative emotional response. Optimism and its interaction with personal loss were inversely associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptom scores.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Applied Psychology,Clinical Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0886260506287245

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