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Psychosocial Predictors of Resilience After the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 2009
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 inflicted distress beyond those directly exposed, thereby providing an opportunity to examine the contributions of a range of factors (cognitive, emotional, social support, coping) to psychological resilience for those indirectly exposed.
Lisa D, Butler, Cheryl, Koopman, Jay, Azarow, Christine M, Blasey, Juliette C, Magdalene, Sue, DiMiceli, David A, Seagraves, T Andrew, Hastings, Xin-Hua, Chen, Robert W, Garlan, Helena C, Kraemer, David, Spiegel   +11 more
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Hope, Meaning, and Growth Following the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
Positive psychologists found the increase of seven character strengths that encompass the so-called theological virtues, including hope and spirituality, in Americans after the September 11, 2001, attacks. Little is known about how they may affect post-September 11, 2001, mental health.
Amy L, Ai, Toni, Cascio, Linda K, Santangelo, Teresa, Evans-Campbell   +3 more
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Terrorist attacks and uncertainty reduction: media use after September 11

Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 2009
Major acts of terrorism, like all public crises, instigate patterns of information seeking among the general public. These patterns of information seeking are consistent with previous research in social psychology, suggesting that in times of great fear, confusion or uncertainty, there is a fundamental need to acquire information that may be useful in ...
Kenneth A. Lachlan, Patric R. Spence, Matthew Seeger   +2 more
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Attitudes toward immigrant groups and the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 2007
The current research examined prejudice and perceived threat toward Mexican and Arab immigrants/immigration along the U.S./Mexico border. Sample 1 (n = 84) was collected before September 11; attitudes toward Mexican immigrants were assessed. Sample 2 (n = 140) was collected one month after September 11 and Sample 3 (n = 180) was collected one year ...
Robert T. Hitlan, Kimberly Carrillo, Michael A. Zárate, Shelley N. Aikman   +3 more
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Coding the Deaths from the September 11 Terrorist Attacks

Homicide Studies, 2002
This article presents suggestions regarding how the statistical coding of the deaths from the September 11 terrorist attacks should be done using ICD external cause of injury codes and FBI UCR codes. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) records deaths in the U.S. based on the 10th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases and
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Psychological Impact of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 2004
Summary The terrorist attacks in the US on September 11, 2001 stimulated an unprecedented rapid response by the social and health research communities into the aftermath. This article summarizes the findings of the major studies that assessed various types of “psychological distress,” and identifies some of the important gaps that remain in our ...
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The Effects of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks on Russian Immigrants

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 2005
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 changed the course of American history. Because of the scope and proportion of the disaster, its impact on witnesses was unprecedented both with regard to the numbers of people who were psychologically affected as well as the intensity of individual reactions.
Valery E. Krupnik, Karen Capraro, Barbara Nicholson   +2 more
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Economic impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

Atlantic Economic Journal, 2001
The economic impact of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the world economy is just beginning to be felt. U. S. GDP is roughly 30 percent of the world's GDP, so a recession in the U. S. will have ripple effects worldwide. Yet, the country's financial infrastructure is sound and remains intact.
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Experience of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks by Airline Flight Staff

Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2013
The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the 9/11-related experiences, observations, and perceptions of airline flight staff highly connected to the terrorist attacks and the effects of the attacks on their work. A focus group of seven flight staff was conducted in January 2004.
Carol S. North, David E. Pollio, Barry A. Hong, Alina M. Surís, Elizabeth Terry Westerhaus, Debra Munro Kienstra, Rebecca P. Smith, Betty Pfefferbaum   +7 more
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Information Seeking and Emotional Reactions to the September 11 Terrorist Attacks

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2004
Based on uncertainty reduction theory, this paper argues that individuals were motivated to seek information and learn about the September 11 terrorist attacks to reduce uncertainty about what happened. Results from a panel survey indicate that negative emotional response was a strong predictor of efforts to learn.
Michael P. Boyle, Mike Schmierbach, Cory L. Armstrong, Douglas M. McLeod, Dhavan V. Shah, Zhongdang Pan   +5 more
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