TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Recovery Following Hurricane Rita: A Pilot Study of Preexisting and Modifiable Aspects of Positive Change
JO  - Traumatology
A1  - Borja, Susan E.
A1  - Callahan, Jennifer L.
SP  - 12
EP  - 19
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1534-7656
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534765607312688
ID  - ref1
ER  -