Posttraumatic Recovery to Distress Symptoms Ratio: A Mediator of the Links Between Gender, Exposure to Fire, Economic Condition, and Three Indices of Resilience to Fire Disaster

Yohanan Eshel; Hadeal Majdoob

doi:10.1007/s10597-014-9734-7

Posttraumatic Recovery to Distress Symptoms Ratio: A Mediator of the Links Between Gender, Exposure to Fire, Economic Condition, and Three Indices of Resilience to Fire Disaster

Yohanan Eshel, Hadeal Majdoob

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

This study investigated the direct and indirect effects of demographic predictors on level of resilience following a potentially traumatic event. We hypothesized that the direct effects of three variables (exposure to fire hazards, gender, and economic condition) on resilience following a fire disaster would be mediated by the proportion of posttraumatic recovery to post-fire distress symptoms. The sample consisted of 234 Israeli Druze youth whose hometown was endangered and damaged by the Mount Carmel fire disaster in December 2010. Results partially supported the research hypotheses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	997-1003
Number of pages	7
Journal	Community Mental Health Journal
Volume	50
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-014-9734-7
State	Published - 1 Nov 2014

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Keywords

Community resilience
Druze
Exposure to stress
Gender
Posttraumatic recovery to distress symptoms ratio
Sense of coherence

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Health(social science)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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