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JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 23-39Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007764729337
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technological disasters; Exxon Valdez oil spill; Conservation of Resources Model
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One hundred twenty-five commercial fishers in Cordova, Alaska, completed a mailed survey regarding current mental health functioning 6 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Economic and social impacts of the oil spill and coping and psychological functioning (modified Coping Strategies Scales, Symptom Checklist 90-R) were measured Multiple regression was used to test the utility of the Conservation of Resources stress model for explaining observed psychological symptoms. Current symptoms of depression, anxiety, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder were associated with conditions resource loss and avoidant coping strategies. The Conservation of Resources model provided a framework for explaining psychological impacts of the oil spill. Future research is needed to identify factors related to recovery.
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