Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress and Growth Among Black and White Survivors of Hurricane Katrina: Does Perceived Quality of the Governmental Response Matter?

摘要: Data from the Baseline Survey of Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Group Study (Kessler 2009) were used to explore predictors posttraumatic growth and stress among black (n = 265) white 715) adult survivors Katrina. We focus on perceived quality governmental response cognitive processing related outcomes, whether there racial group differences. also consider impact demographic factors severity stress. Results hierarchical linear regression showed that being black, older, having lower educational attainment, experiencing greater loss during positively predicted growth. Being female, living below poverty line, symptoms. More positive views associated with more negative symptomology. Moreover, it was found race significantly moderated effect between Subgroup analysis corroborated interaction while for survivors, not a significant predictor survivors. This study sheds light some conditions under which post-trauma outcomes occurred after propose differences in may be emergency discriminatory.