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Risler, Ed; Kintzle, Sara; Nackerud, Larry – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
For approximately 35 seconds on January 10, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the small Caribbean nation of Haiti. This research used a preexperimental one-shot posttest to examine the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and associated trauma symptomatology from the earthquake experienced by a sample of…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Trauma, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Foreign Countries
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Brannagan, Kim – Health Education Journal, 2011
Objectives: The focus of this study was to examine the relationship among precursors to physical activity, including exercise self-efficacy, perceived exertion, stress, and demographic factors, among college students. Design: This study employed an associational design. Setting: The study population was college freshmen in southeast Louisiana who…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Natural Disasters, Physical Activities, Health Promotion