@article{ref1,
title="Recovery Following Hurricane Rita: A Pilot Study of Preexisting and Modifiable Aspects of Positive Change",
journal="Traumatology",
year="2008",
author="Borja, Susan E. and Callahan, Jennifer L.",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="12-19",
abstract="Facets of personality from the Big 5 model, familial coping mechanisms, and interpersonal support were selected to predict perceived benefits and subjective well-being with 43 participants from varied ages, income levels, and ethnicities who experienced a natural disaster. Results indicate positive changes were predicted by distinct variables (mental healthiness was predicted by high agreeableness, passive appraisal, and reframing, accounting for 43% of the variance, whereas perception of benefits was predicted by high conscientiousness and seeking social support, which accounted for 50% of the variance). Thus, it appears that long-standing, pretraumatic individual and familial differences predict these posttraumatic outcomes.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1534-7656",
doi="10.1177/1534765607312688",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534765607312688"
}