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Life events and posttraumatic stress in Hanshin-Awaji earthquake victims.

Abstract

Stress induced by disaster is experienced to varying degrees by all respondents, and is known to evoke psychophysiological reactions. In this study, we investigated the relationships between earthquake-related life events and posttraumatic stress symptoms. A total of 380 adults were surveyed one year after the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake in Japan. The questionnaire included items concerning earthquake-related life events, emotional support and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.As a result, after controlling for demographic variables, earthquake-related life events were significantly related to the grade of posttraumatic stress and its three components: re-experience, avoidance and arousal, in both male and female subjects. Male subjects who currently had lower emotional support showed higher scores of posttraumatic stress and arousal. In conclusion, a higher experience of earthquake-related life events appears to be an important risk factor for development of poor mental health status following an earthquake disaster.

Entities: Disease

Keywords: emotional support; life events; mental health; posttraumatic stress disorder; stress

Year: 2001 PMID： 21432244 PMCID： PMC2723243 DOI： 10.1007/BF02897953

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Environ Health Prev Med ISSN： 1342-078X Impact factor: 3.674

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Journal: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Date: 1997-04 Impact factor: 4.328

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