Littleton Heather, Grills-Taquechel Amie, Axsom Danny
Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
Violence Vict. 2009;24(5):669-86. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.5.669.
We examined risk factors for posttrauma symptomatology, 2 and 6 months following the April 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech. Using a conservation of resources framework and a Web-based survey methodology, we prospectively evaluated the relations among preshooting distress, social support, resource loss, and posttrauma symptomatology in a sample of 293 female students enrolled at the university at the time of the shootings. Structural equation modeling supported that preshooting social support and distress predicted resource loss postshooting. Resource loss predicted symptomatology 2 months and 6 months after the shooting. Implications of the results for research and intervention following mass trauma are discussed.
我们对2007年4月弗吉尼亚理工大学大规模枪击事件发生后2个月和6个月时创伤后症状的风险因素进行了研究。我们采用资源守恒框架和基于网络的调查方法，对枪击事件发生时在校的293名女学生样本中，枪击前的困扰、社会支持、资源损失和创伤后症状之间的关系进行了前瞻性评估。结构方程模型支持，枪击前的社会支持和困扰可预测枪击后的资源损失。资源损失可预测枪击后2个月和6个月时的症状。本文讨论了研究结果对大规模创伤后研究和干预的意义。
