@article{ref1,
title="Predictors of psychological resilience amongst medical students following major earthquakes",
journal="New Zealand medical journal",
year="2016",
author="Carter, Frances and Bell, Caroline and Ali, Anthony and McKenzie, Janice and Boden, Joseph M. and Wilkinson, Timothy and Bell, Caroline",
volume="129",
number="1434",
pages="17-22",
abstract="AIM: To identify predictors of self-reported psychological resilience amongst medical students following major earthquakes in Canterbury in 2010 and 2011. <br><br>METHODS: Two hundred and fifty-three medical students from the Christchurch campus, University of Otago, were invited to participate in an electronic survey seven months following the most severe earthquake. Students completed the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, the Post-traumatic Disorder Checklist, the Work and Adjustment Scale, and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Likert scales and other questions were also used to assess a range of variables including demographic and historical variables (eg, self-rated resilience prior to the earthquakes), plus the impacts of the earthquakes. <br><br>RESULTS: The response rate was 78%. Univariate analyses identified multiple variables that were significantly associated with higher resilience. Multiple linear regression analyses produced a fitted model that was able to explain 35% of the variance in resilience scores. The best predictors of higher resilience were: retrospectively-rated personality prior to the earthquakes (higher extroversion and lower neuroticism); higher self-rated resilience prior to the earthquakes; not being exposed to the most severe earthquake; and less psychological distress following the earthquakes. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Psychological resilience amongst medical students following major earthquakes was able to be predicted to a moderate extent.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-8446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}