TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The role of peri-traumatic stress and disruption distress in predicting symptoms of major depression following exposure to a natural disaster
JO  - Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
A1  - Bell, Caroline J.
A1  - Boden, Joseph M.
A1  - Horwood, L. John
A1  - Mulder, Roger T.
SP  - 711
EP  - 718
VL  - 51
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Few studies have examined the contribution of specific disaster-related experiences to symptoms of depression. The aims of this study were to do this by examining the roles of peri-traumatic stress and distress due to lingering disaster-related disruption in explaining linkages between disaster exposure and major depressive disorder symptoms among a cohort exposed to the 2010-2011 Canterbury (New Zealand) earthquakes. <br><br>METHODS: Structural equation models were fitted to data obtained from the Christchurch Health and Development Study at age 35 ( n = 495), 20-24 months following the onset of the disaster. Measures included earthquake exposure, peri-traumatic stress, disruption distress and symptoms of major depressive disorder. <br><br>RESULTS: The associations between earthquake exposure and major depression were explained largely by the experience of peri-traumatic stress during the earthquakes (β = 0.180, p < 0.01) and not by disruption distress following the earthquakes (β = 0.048, p = 0.47). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The results suggest that peri-traumatic stress has been under-recognised as a predictor of major depressive disorder.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0004-8674
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867417691852
ID  - ref1
ER  -