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World Trade Center Exposure and Posttraumatic Growth: Assessing Positive Psychological Change 15 Years after 9/11

We evaluated the presence of posttraumatic growth (PTG) among survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attack and how indicators of psychosocial well-being, direct 9/11-related exposure, and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) relate to PTG. PTG was examined among 4934 participants using the Posttraumatic G...

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Autores principales: Pollari, Cristina D., Brite, Jennifer, Brackbill, Robert M., Gargano, Lisa M., Adams, Shane W., Russo-Netzer, Pninit, Davidov, Jonathan, Banyard, Victoria, Cone, James E.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7795403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33375729
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010104
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author Pollari, Cristina D.
Brite, Jennifer
Brackbill, Robert M.
Gargano, Lisa M.
Adams, Shane W.
Russo-Netzer, Pninit
Davidov, Jonathan
Banyard, Victoria
Cone, James E.
author_facet Pollari, Cristina D.
Brite, Jennifer
Brackbill, Robert M.
Gargano, Lisa M.
Adams, Shane W.
Russo-Netzer, Pninit
Davidov, Jonathan
Banyard, Victoria
Cone, James E.
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description We evaluated the presence of posttraumatic growth (PTG) among survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attack and how indicators of psychosocial well-being, direct 9/11-related exposure, and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) relate to PTG. PTG was examined among 4934 participants using the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to determine if the original factor structure of the PTGI fits our data and principal component analysis (PCA) to identify the appropriate factor structure. Multivariable linear regression models were used to examine the association between PTG and indicators of psychosocial well-being, 9/11-related exposure, and PTSS, controlling for covariates. CFA identified a two-factor structure of the PTGI as a better fit than the original five-factor model. Participants who experienced very high 9/11-related exposure level (ß = 7.72; 95% CI: 5.75–9.70), higher PTSS at waves 1 (ß = 0.13; 95% CI: 0.08–0.18) and 2 (ß = 0.09; 95% CI: 0.05–0.14), high social integration (ß = 5.71; 95% CI: 4.47, 6.96), greater social support (ß = 0.49; 95% CI: 0.37, 0.61), and higher self-efficacy (ß = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.04, 1.48) had higher PTGI scores. Our findings suggest PTG is present, 15 years following the 9/11 terrorist attack. Very high-level 9/11 exposure, PTSS, and indicators of psychosocial well-being were associated with PTG.
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spelling pubmed-77954032021-01-10 World Trade Center Exposure and Posttraumatic Growth: Assessing Positive Psychological Change 15 Years after 9/11 Pollari, Cristina D. Brite, Jennifer Brackbill, Robert M. Gargano, Lisa M. Adams, Shane W. Russo-Netzer, Pninit Davidov, Jonathan Banyard, Victoria Cone, James E. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article We evaluated the presence of posttraumatic growth (PTG) among survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attack and how indicators of psychosocial well-being, direct 9/11-related exposure, and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) relate to PTG. PTG was examined among 4934 participants using the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to determine if the original factor structure of the PTGI fits our data and principal component analysis (PCA) to identify the appropriate factor structure. Multivariable linear regression models were used to examine the association between PTG and indicators of psychosocial well-being, 9/11-related exposure, and PTSS, controlling for covariates. CFA identified a two-factor structure of the PTGI as a better fit than the original five-factor model. Participants who experienced very high 9/11-related exposure level (ß = 7.72; 95% CI: 5.75–9.70), higher PTSS at waves 1 (ß = 0.13; 95% CI: 0.08–0.18) and 2 (ß = 0.09; 95% CI: 0.05–0.14), high social integration (ß = 5.71; 95% CI: 4.47, 6.96), greater social support (ß = 0.49; 95% CI: 0.37, 0.61), and higher self-efficacy (ß = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.04, 1.48) had higher PTGI scores. Our findings suggest PTG is present, 15 years following the 9/11 terrorist attack. Very high-level 9/11 exposure, PTSS, and indicators of psychosocial well-being were associated with PTG. MDPI 2020-12-25 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7795403/ /pubmed/33375729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010104 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Banyard, Victoria
Cone, James E.
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title_fullStr World Trade Center Exposure and Posttraumatic Growth: Assessing Positive Psychological Change 15 Years after 9/11
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33375729
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010104
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