Indian Ocean Tsunami: Relationships Among Posttraumatic Stress, Posttraumatic Growth, Resource Loss, and Coping at 3 and 15 Months

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 219-239

  Sattler, David N ^a   Assanangkornchai, Sawitri ^b   Moller, Adam M ^a   Kesavatana Dohrs, Wiworn ^c   Graham, James M ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation of resources; disaster; posttraumatic growth; posttraumatic stress; resource loss; systemic stressor; tsunami; tsunami museum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INDIAN OCEAN; INSURANCE; LIFE THREAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT INDEX; SURVIVOR; THAILAND; TSUNAMI; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; DISASTER; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HOUSING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; THAILAND; TSUNAMIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896049900     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2014.869144     Document Type: Article

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