@article{ref1,
title="Exploring the Myths of Coping with a National Trauma: A Longitudinal Study of Responses to the September 11th Terrorist Attacks",
journal="Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma",
year="2004",
author="Pizarro, Judith and Gil-Rivas, Virginia and Mclntosh, DN and Holman, E. Alison and Poulin, Michael and Silver, Roxane Cohen",
volume="9",
number="1-2",
pages="129-141",
abstract="A longitudinal investigation of psychological responses to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was conducted on a U.S. national probability sample. Using an anonymous Web-based survey methodology, data were collected among over 1,900 adults at 2 weeks and 12 months post-9/11 to consider whether direct and proximal exposure were necessary preconditions for high levels of acute and posttraumatic stress symptoms, and whether greater exposure/proximity led to greater traumatic stress symptoms. Results suggest that the requirement of direct and proximal exposure to the attacks and the expectation of a dose-response relationship between exposure and traumatic stress response are myths.<p />",
language="",
issn="1092-6771",
doi="10.1300/J146v09n01_16",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J146v09n01_16"
}