The relations of PTSD symptoms to alcohol use and coping drinking in volunteers who responded to the Swissair Flight 111 airline disaster

被引:94
作者
Stewart, SH
Mitchell, TL
Wright, KD
Loba, P
机构
[1] Dalhousie Univ, Dept Psychol, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada
[2] Dalhousie Univ, Dept Community Hlth & Epidemiol, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada
关键词
PTSD; coping-motivated drinking; airline disaster; human remains exposure;
D O I
10.1016/j.janxdis.2003.07.006
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
We investigated the effects of the 1998 Swissair Flight I I I (SA I 11) disaster on a variety of indices of alcohol use among volunteer responders. We retrospectively administered standardized questionnaires and a semi-structured interview to 13 volunteer disaster workers recruited from the community. According to the interview, 54% of the volunteers were exposed to human remains. According to Modified Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms Scale responses, 46% met DSM-IV criteria for PTSD. Frequency and severity of PTSD symptoms, but not human remains exposure, per se, were positively correlated with coping-motivated drinking (but not social or mood enhancement drinking) and with alcohol use to forget. The re-experiencing and hyperarousal PTSD symptom dimensions showed the strongest and most consistent correlations with the alcohol use indices. We discuss ways in which the information gleaned from this sample can be used to improve disaster response planning to minimize the probability of maladaptive coping drinking among volunteers. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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