@article{ref1,
title="Post-traumatic stress symptomatology and displacement among Hurricane Harvey survivors",
journal="Social science and medicine (1982)",
year="2020",
author="Fitzpatrick, Kevin M.",
volume="270",
number="",
pages="e113634-e113634",
abstract="Exposure to natural disasters predisposes individuals to significant physical and mental health consequences. Research identifies a number of stressors important to  determining what might exacerbate this exposure risk, as well as what types of  social/psychological resources might help mitigate these negative outcomes. Using a  targeted quota sample of adults (n = 316) interviewed two months after Hurricane  Harvey made landfall on the Gulf Coast of Texas in August 2017, the present study  examines the intersection of vulnerabilities, stressors, and resources and their  relationship with post-traumatic stress symptomatology. Stress is high among this  sampled group with over one-quarter of respondents reporting high enough symptoms to  meet the clinical caseness criteria for PTSD. <br><br>RESULTS show significant variation  across categorical groupings of post-traumatic stress symptoms; younger persons,  nonwhites, and those displaced from their home during the storm were more likely to  be found in the highest symptom count category. Regression results confirm the  bivariate results and as hypothesized, stressors were associated with higher symptom  reporting among respondents, and social and psychological resources were associated  with lower symptom reporting. With one of the only studies to report these  relationships between vulnerability, stressors, and resources in the post-disaster  Harvey setting, our work underscores the importance of identifying who is at risk,  what factors can potentially mitigate that risk, and just how severe the  consequences can be for survivors requiring mental health services after a disaster. Clearly, more work is needed, particularly on the identification of resources acting  as protection against the overwhelming circumstances of exposure to devastation and  destruction caused by natural disasters.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0277-9536",
doi="10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113634",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113634"
}