Reducing primary and secondary traumatic stress symptoms among educators by training them to deliver a resiliency program (ERASE-Stress) following the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand.

摘要: The current investigation evaluated the impact of a universal school-based resiliency intervention (ERASE-Stress) on educators who were working with elementary schoolchildren exposed to Canterbury earthquake in New Zealand. In context major disasters, may suffer from "dual trauma"; they can experience symptoms both primary trauma (as result disaster itself) and secondary traumatized students). Sixty-three randomly assigned either ERASE-Stress or an alternative Managing Emergencies Traumatic Incidents (METI) program which served as control group. Efficacy was at end training well 8 months follow-up. Compared group, those significantly reduced their posttraumatic distress traumatization symptoms, improved perceived level professional self-efficacy helper survivors, developed optimistic outlook regarding personal future enhanced sense hope, honed some positive coping strategies utilization maladaptive methods. These beneficial consequences make it potentially useful tool for students disasters. (PsycINFO Database Record