Hurricane Georges: A cross-national study examining preparedness, resource loss, and psychological distress in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and the United States

This cross‐national study examined preparation for and psychological functioning following Hurricane Georges in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and the United States. Four to five weeks after the storm made landfall, 697 college students (222 men, 476 women) completed a que...

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Published in:	Journal of traumatic stress Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 339 - 350
Main Authors:	Sattler, David N., Preston, Andrew J., Kaiser, Charles F., Olivera, Vivian E., Valdez, Juan, Schlueter, Shannon
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Germantown Periodicals Service Company 01-10-2002 Wiley Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Acute Disease acute stress disorder symptoms Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences cross-cultural Cross-Cultural Comparison Crosscultural Differences disaster Disaster Preparedness Disasters Dominican Republic Dominican Republic - epidemiology Female Humans hurricane Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Natural Disasters Psychological Distress Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Puerto Rico Puerto Rico - epidemiology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology Trauma United States - epidemiology United States of America United States Virgin Islands - epidemiology Victimology Virgin Islands Central America Puerto Rico United States America West Indies Dominican Republic North America United States Virgin Islands USA ASW, Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles, Puerto Rico US Virgin Is Dominican Rep ASW, Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles, Dominican Rep ASW, Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles, US Virgin Is Mood disorder Social environment Crosscultural study Prevalence Education level Attitude Acute Sex Natural disaster Depression Cognition Emotion emotionality Exposure Student Victimology Stress Symptomatology Sociodemographic factor Coping Damage Hurricane Age Comparative study Social support
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Summary:	This cross‐national study examined preparation for and psychological functioning following Hurricane Georges in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and the United States. Four to five weeks after the storm made landfall, 697 college students (222 men, 476 women) completed a questionnaire assessing demographic characteristics, preparation, social support, resource loss, and symptoms associated with acute stress disorder. Location, resource loss (especially personal characteristic resources) and social support accounted for a significant portion of psychological distress variance. The findings support the conservation of resources stress theory (Hobfoll. 1989. 1998). Implications of the findings and future research directions are discussed.
Bibliography:	Portions of this study were presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Denver, Colorado, June 1999. ark:/67375/WNG-WTG4SHVR-C istex:352B16180F8814DB2CC74B462FB1A10EECC3C2C9 ArticleID:JTS280 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2
ISSN:	0894-9867 1573-6598
DOI:	10.1023/A:1020138022300