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General self-efficacy and posttraumatic stress after a natural disaster: a longitudinal study

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Title
General self-efficacy and posttraumatic stress after a natural disaster: a longitudinal study
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BMC Psychology, April 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40359-016-0119-2
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Egil Nygaard, Ajmal Hussain, Johan Siqveland, Trond Heir

Abstract

Self-efficacy may be an important factor in individuals' recovery from posttraumatic stress reactions after a natural disaster. However, few longitudinal studies have investigated whether self-efficacy predicts the course of posttraumatic recovery beyond lower initial levels of distress. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether general self-efficacy is related to recovery from posttraumatic stress reactions from a longitudinal perspective. A total of 617 Norwegians exposed to the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami completed self-report questionnaires measuring their level of disaster exposure and general self-efficacy at 6 months and posttraumatic stress reactions 6 months and 2 years post-disaster. Predictors of changes in posttraumatic stress reactions were analyzed with multivariate mixed effects models. Self-efficacy at 6 months post-disaster was unrelated to trauma exposure and inversely related to posttraumatic stress reactions at 6 months and 2 years post-disaster. However, self-efficacy was not related to recovery from posttraumatic stress reactions between 6 months and 2 years post-disaster. In conclusion, general self-efficacy is related to lower levels of posttraumatic stress reactions in the first months after a disaster but does not appear to be related to improved recovery rates over the longer term.

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Unknown 73 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 13 18%
Student > Bachelor 7 10%
Researcher 7 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 7%
Other 12 16%
Unknown 24 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 18 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 10%
Social Sciences 4 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 3%
Other 8 11%
Unknown 27 37%
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