People under extreme stress

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People under extreme stress

Jan Strelau and Tatiana Klonowicz, editors ; [contributors, Avraham Bleich ... et al.]

Nova Science Publishers, c2006

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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In this book the authors bring together scientists from Australia, Germany, Israel, Poland, United Kingdom, and the United States to present their theoretical viewpoints and research findings dealing with the impact of various traumatic events, such as flood, war atrocities, terror, and life threatening illness. It focuses on various personality dimensions, in particular, neuroticism, mastery, self-efficacy, coping styles, several temperament traits (and related concepts), and demographic variables as well. There are also studies exploring the PTSD symptoms among family members indicating that there is a substantial similarity of PTSD level among them. In spite of the different approaches, kinds of disasters, and populations being studied, there is a common denominator of all the chapters presented in this volume which is an effort to understand to what extent environmental and personal factors, especially personality, influence individual differences in the proneness to develop disorder symptoms known as posttraumatic stress disorder.

Table of Contents

  • The relationship between personality and posttraumatic stress disorder
  • Personality, trauma exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder severity: Moving beyond the monovariable predictor model
  • Environmental vulnerabilities and posttraumatic stress disorder among children with different personality styles
  • Temperamental and environmental determinants of the intensity of PTSD symptoms in children two years after a flood
  • Individual differences as moderators of posttraumatic stress symptoms experienced after flood: The role of temperament and coping styles
  • The role of gender and age in coping with terror: Israelis in the shadow of El-Aqsa Intifada
  • Coping with war captivity: The contribution of personality resources
  • Sense of mastery as a moderator of longer-term effects of disaster impact on psychological distress
  • Coping may help: Neuroticism, exposure to threat, and coping effectiveness
  • General self-efficacy and quality of life in cancer survivors
  • Genetic, environmental, and temperamental correlates of post-traumatic stress disorder: Family studies.

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