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Lemieux, Catherine M.; Moles, Aimee; Brown, Kimberly M.; Borskey, Erma J. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
The postdisaster experiences of social work students have been the focus of a growing corpus of research in the past two decades; however, few investigations have been conducted in the context of catastrophic flooding events. The present study examined coping responses and mental health among 186 social work students in the aftermath of the Great…
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, College Students, Natural Disasters
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Ying, Liu-Hua; Wu, Xin-Chun; Lin, Chong-De – School Psychology International, 2012
This study aimed to determine the relationships between depressive and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a sample of adolescent survivors following the Wenchuan earthquake in China. Two-hundred adolescent survivors were reviewed at 12, 18 and 24-months post-earthquake. Depression and PTSD were assessed by two self-report…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Lilly, Michelle M.; Valdez, Christine E.; Graham-Bermann, Sandra A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
The association between trauma exposure and mental health-related challenges such as depression are well documented in the research literature. The assumptive world theory was used to explore this relationship in 97 female survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Participants completed self-report questionnaires that assessed trauma history,…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Severity (of Disability), Depression (Psychology), Mental Health
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Seyle, D. Conor; Widyatmoko, C. Siswa; Silver, Roxane Cohen – School Psychology International, 2013
The nation of Indonesia is in an area of geological instability, resulting in repeated and severe natural disasters including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis. Teachers, as adult authority figures and people with whom students spend a majority of their day, can play a major role in the lives of children in a disaster-prone community.…
Descriptors: Coping, Natural Disasters, Intervention, Foreign Countries
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Lemieux, Catherine M.; Plummer, Carol A.; Richardson, Roslyn; Simon, Cassandra E.; Ai, Amy L. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2010
The current study examined mental health symptomology, substance use, and adaptive coping among 416 social work students following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Among participants, 47% scored at or above the clinical level for depression, with 6% of students showing clinical PTSD-like symptoms, and 16.9% reporting substance use. Two thirds (66.9%)…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Mental Health, Coping, Depression (Psychology)