@article{ref1,
title="The aetiology of post-traumatic morbidity: predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="1989",
author="McFarlane, Alexander C.",
volume="154",
number="",
pages="221-228",
abstract="A group of 469 firefighters were studied 4, 11 and 29 months after having an extreme exposure to a bushfire disaster. The relative importance of the impact of the disaster, personality and ways of coping were investigated as determinants of post-traumatic morbidity. Neuroticism and a past history of treatment for a psychological disorder were better predictors of post-traumatic morbidity than the degree of exposure to the disaster or the losses sustained. These results raise doubts about the postulated central aetiological role a traumatic event plays in the onset of morbidity.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}