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Psychological resilience after disaster: New York City in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack.
Psychol Sci. 2006 Mar; 17(3):181-6.PS

Abstract

Research on adult reactions to potentially traumatic events has focused almost exclusively on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although there has been relatively little research on the absence of trauma symptoms, the available evidence suggests that resilience following such events may be more prevalent than previously believed. This study examined the prevalence of resilience, defined as having either no PTSD symptoms or one symptom, among a large (n= 2,752) probability sample of New York area residents during the 6 months following the September 11th terrorist attack. Although many respondents met criteria for PTSD, particularly when exposure was high, resilience was observed in 65.1% of the sample. Resilience was less prevalent among more highly exposed individuals, but the frequency of resilience never fell below one third even among the exposure groups with the most dramatic elevations in PTSD.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Bonanno GA
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. gab38@columbia.edu
Galea S
No affiliation info available
Bucciarelli A
No affiliation info available
Vlahov D
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Adaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAgedDisastersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNew York CitySeptember 11 Terrorist AttacksStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticStress, Psychological

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Language

eng

PubMed ID

16507055

Citation

Bonanno, George A., et al. "Psychological Resilience After Disaster: New York City in the Aftermath of the September 11th Terrorist Attack." Psychological Science, vol. 17, no. 3, 2006, pp. 181-6.
Bonanno GA, Galea S, Bucciarelli A, et al. Psychological resilience after disaster: New York City in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack. Psychol Sci. 2006;17(3):181-6.
Bonanno, G. A., Galea, S., Bucciarelli, A., & Vlahov, D. (2006). Psychological resilience after disaster: New York City in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack. Psychological Science, 17(3), 181-6.
Bonanno GA, et al. Psychological Resilience After Disaster: New York City in the Aftermath of the September 11th Terrorist Attack. Psychol Sci. 2006;17(3):181-6. PubMed PMID: 16507055.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Psychological resilience after disaster: New York City in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack. AU - Bonanno,George A, AU - Galea,Sandro, AU - Bucciarelli,Angela, AU - Vlahov,David, PY - 2006/3/2/pubmed PY - 2006/5/9/medline PY - 2006/3/2/entrez SP - 181 EP - 6 JF - Psychological science JO - Psychol Sci VL - 17 IS - 3 N2 - Research on adult reactions to potentially traumatic events has focused almost exclusively on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although there has been relatively little research on the absence of trauma symptoms, the available evidence suggests that resilience following such events may be more prevalent than previously believed. This study examined the prevalence of resilience, defined as having either no PTSD symptoms or one symptom, among a large (n= 2,752) probability sample of New York area residents during the 6 months following the September 11th terrorist attack. Although many respondents met criteria for PTSD, particularly when exposure was high, resilience was observed in 65.1% of the sample. Resilience was less prevalent among more highly exposed individuals, but the frequency of resilience never fell below one third even among the exposure groups with the most dramatic elevations in PTSD. SN - 0956-7976 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/16507055/Psychological_resilience_after_disaster:_New_York_City_in_the_aftermath_of_the_September_11th_terrorist_attack_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -