SGER: Coping with Community-based Traumatic Events: National Response to September 11, 2001

2001年9月11日的恐怖袭击在规模和创伤影响上都是史无前例的。出于这个原因，人们对美国居民可能会有什么样的反应知之甚少。随着创伤的影响在全国蔓延，科学家和心理健康专业人士几乎没有信息可以用来预测随着时间的推移而进行的调整。该项目将提供这样的数据。这项研究通过继续跟踪和采访9·11事件后不久和2001年11月再次接受调查的受访者样本，考察了恐怖袭击的一些心理后果。预计在这项工作中收集的信息将阐明应对进程，以便今后的干预工作能够更知情、更具成本效益和更敏感地了解美国民众的需要。

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were unprecedented in their scope and traumatic impact. For this reason, little is known about the variety of responses that can be expected among residents of the United States. As the effects of the trauma spread through the country, scientists and mental health professionals have little information to use in predicting adjustment over time. This project will provide such data. The research examines some of the psychological consequences of the terrorist attacks by continuing to follow and interview a sample of respondents who were initially questioned soon after September 11 and again in November, 2001. It is expected that information collected in this effort will illuminate coping processes so that future intervention efforts can be better informed, more cost-effective and more sensitive to the needs of the United States populace.