TY - JOUR
T1 - Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Posttraumatic Growth Among Italian Survivors of Emergency Situations
AU - Saccinto, Elisa
AU - Prati, Gabriele
AU - Pietrantoni, Luca
AU - Pérez-Testor, Carles
N1 - Funding Information:
This article was written by the authors on behalf of the BeSeCu Research Group. The project BeSeCu (Behaviour, Security and Culture; contract 218324) is funded under the European Union Framework 7 Security initiative. The authors acknowledge the cooperation of their project partners in undertaking this work and in allowing the project findings to be published: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Department of Health and Prevention, Germany (project coordinator); University of Greenwich, FSEG, United Kingdom; Institute of Public Security of Catalunya, Spain; Hamburg Fire and Emergency Service Academy, Germany; MTO Psykologi, Sweden; Prague Psychiatric Centre, Czech Republic; Main School of Fire Service, Poland; Association of Emergency Ambulance Physicians, Turkey; and University of Bologna, Italy.
Funding Information:
This research was also supported by grants from the University and Research Commission within the Catalan Government, Department of Innovation, University and Business, and from the European Social Fund.
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - We investigated the relation between posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress symptoms among survivors of fires, earthquakes, and floods. Furthermore, we explored the contribution of several predictors to these outcomes. Participants were 173 survivors of several events that have occurred in Italy in the last decade. Posttraumatic growth was positively related to posttraumatic avoidance and intrusion-hyperarousal symptoms. Multiple regression analyses revealed that peritraumatic panic was a predictor of posttraumatic intrusion-hyperarousal symptoms and posttraumatic growth. Moreover, posttraumatic intrusion-hyperarousal symptoms mediate the relationship between peritraumatic panic symptoms and posttraumatic growth. These results contribute to a better understanding of the role of intrusive thoughts in promoting posttraumatic growth.
AB - We investigated the relation between posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress symptoms among survivors of fires, earthquakes, and floods. Furthermore, we explored the contribution of several predictors to these outcomes. Participants were 173 survivors of several events that have occurred in Italy in the last decade. Posttraumatic growth was positively related to posttraumatic avoidance and intrusion-hyperarousal symptoms. Multiple regression analyses revealed that peritraumatic panic was a predictor of posttraumatic intrusion-hyperarousal symptoms and posttraumatic growth. Moreover, posttraumatic intrusion-hyperarousal symptoms mediate the relationship between peritraumatic panic symptoms and posttraumatic growth. These results contribute to a better understanding of the role of intrusive thoughts in promoting posttraumatic growth.
KW - emergency situations
KW - posttraumatic growth
KW - posttraumatic stress
KW - risk factors
KW - trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871877321&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15325024.2012.687321
DO - 10.1080/15325024.2012.687321
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84871877321
SN - 1532-5024
VL - 18
SP - 210
EP - 226
JO - Journal of Loss and Trauma
JF - Journal of Loss and Trauma
IS - 3
ER -
