SGER: Coping with the Southern California Firestorms: Immediate Responses and Predictors of Adjustment

9403386银 摘要 虽然大量的研究已经解决了人们如何科普创伤性生活经历，但随着时间的推移，对创伤的认知，社会和情感反应的相互作用和发展知之甚少。 这项研究将记录创伤事件早期反应的变化，并确定长期适应创伤的早期预测因素。 加州南部拉古纳海滩和马里布大火的受害者在撤离后返回家园的48小时内接受了采访。 将对参与者进行三次随访评估，最终数据将在创伤后6个月收集。 这项研究将首次尝试招募和跟踪灾难受害者。 这项研究的结果将有助于目前正在进行的辩论模式的应对创伤性生活事件。

9403386 SILVER Abstract Although a great deal of research has addressed how people cope with traumatic life expreiences, little is known about the interaction and development of cognitive, social, and emotional responses to trauma over time. This research will document the variation in early response to a traumatic event and identify the early predictors of long-term adjustment to trauma. Victims of the Southern California firestorm in Laguna Beach and Malibu were interviewed within 48 hours of their return to their homes post-evacuation. Three follow-up assessments of the participants will be conducted, with the final data to be collected 6 months post-trauma. This research will represent the first attempt to recruit and follow disaster victims longitudinally. The findings of this study will contribute to a current on-going debate about patterns of coping with traumatic life events.