PMID- 15070479
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040622
LR  - 20220318
IS  - 0146-1672 (Print)
IS  - 0146-1672 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 4
DP  - 2004 Apr
TI  - It could have been me: vicarious victims and disaster-focused distress.
PG  - 515-28
AB  - College students who had experienced no personal bereavement in the September 11 
      terrorist attacks completed questionnaires between 3 and 5 weeks after the 
      attacks and 5 months later. Cross-sectional and longitudinal structural equation 
      model (SEM) analyses revealed that general distress and disaster-focused distress 
      are discernable reactions following a collective loss. Both types of distress 
      were higher among women and by those reporting social strain. General distress 
      was associated with previous stressful events and mental health issues. Perceived 
      similarity to the victims predicted disaster-focused distress and mediated the 
      relationship between attending to media accounts of victims and disaster-focused 
      distress. Only the disaster-focused distress reactions of survivor guilt and 
      grief were associated with collective helping behaviors after the attacks and, 
      for women, these behaviors were associated with greater reductions in these 
      distress reactions over time. Discussion focuses on the importance of examining 
      disaster-focused distress reactions following collective loss.
FAU - Wayment, Heidi A
AU  - Wayment HA
AD  - Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. 
      heidi.wayment@nau.edu
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Pers Soc Psychol Bull
JT  - Personality & social psychology bulletin
JID - 7809042
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Crime Victims/*psychology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Disasters
MH  - Female
MH  - Grief
MH  - Guilt
MH  - Humans
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Mass Media
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - New York City
MH  - *Stress, Psychological
MH  - Survivors/psychology
MH  - *Terrorism
MH  - Virginia
EDAT- 2004/04/09 05:00
MHDA- 2004/06/24 05:00
CRDT- 2004/04/09 05:00
PHST- 2004/04/09 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/06/24 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/04/09 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/0146167203261892 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2004 Apr;30(4):515-28. doi: 10.1177/0146167203261892.