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Resilience Predicts Lower Anxiety and Depression and Greater Recovery after a Vicarious Trauma

This study validated the French version of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS-F) and tested the protective role of resilience in the context of vicarious trauma (22 March 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels) regarding anxiety and depression symptoms. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated a single-facto...

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Autores principales: Leys, Christophe, Kotsou, Ilios, Shankland, Rebecca, Firmin, Mathilde, Péneau, Sandrine, Fossion, Pierre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8656954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886346
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312608
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author Leys, Christophe
Kotsou, Ilios
Shankland, Rebecca
Firmin, Mathilde
Péneau, Sandrine
Fossion, Pierre
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description This study validated the French version of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS-F) and tested the protective role of resilience in the context of vicarious trauma (22 March 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels) regarding anxiety and depression symptoms. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated a single-factor structure of the BRS-F. Investigation of convergent validity showed that the BRS-F was positively correlated with usual outcomes such as subjective happiness, acceptance, and sense of coherence, and negatively correlated with anxiety and depression symptoms. Lastly, the results of the study showed that resilience protected against the effect of vicarious trauma in two ways. First, at the time of exposure, the more resilient individuals reported lower levels of anxiety and depression symptoms. Second, after three months, the more resilient individuals recovered from these symptoms, whereas no significant effect was found for less resilient individuals. Theoretical and clinical implications of the findings are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-86569542021-12-10 Resilience Predicts Lower Anxiety and Depression and Greater Recovery after a Vicarious Trauma Leys, Christophe Kotsou, Ilios Shankland, Rebecca Firmin, Mathilde Péneau, Sandrine Fossion, Pierre Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study validated the French version of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS-F) and tested the protective role of resilience in the context of vicarious trauma (22 March 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels) regarding anxiety and depression symptoms. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated a single-factor structure of the BRS-F. Investigation of convergent validity showed that the BRS-F was positively correlated with usual outcomes such as subjective happiness, acceptance, and sense of coherence, and negatively correlated with anxiety and depression symptoms. Lastly, the results of the study showed that resilience protected against the effect of vicarious trauma in two ways. First, at the time of exposure, the more resilient individuals reported lower levels of anxiety and depression symptoms. Second, after three months, the more resilient individuals recovered from these symptoms, whereas no significant effect was found for less resilient individuals. Theoretical and clinical implications of the findings are discussed. MDPI 2021-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8656954/ /pubmed/34886346 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312608 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Resilience Predicts Lower Anxiety and Depression and Greater Recovery after a Vicarious Trauma
title_full Resilience Predicts Lower Anxiety and Depression and Greater Recovery after a Vicarious Trauma
title_fullStr Resilience Predicts Lower Anxiety and Depression and Greater Recovery after a Vicarious Trauma
title_full_unstemmed Resilience Predicts Lower Anxiety and Depression and Greater Recovery after a Vicarious Trauma
title_short Resilience Predicts Lower Anxiety and Depression and Greater Recovery after a Vicarious Trauma
title_sort resilience predicts lower anxiety and depression and greater recovery after a vicarious trauma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8656954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886346
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312608
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