Mental Health, Substance Use, and Adaptive Coping among Social Work Students in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Autor/inn/en	Lemieux, Catherine M.; Plummer, Carol A.; Richardson, Roslyn; Simon, Cassandra E.; Ai, Amy L.
Titel	Mental Health, Substance Use, and Adaptive Coping among Social Work Students in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Work Education, 46 (2010) 3, S.391-410 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1043-7797
DOI	10.5175/JSWE.2010.200900004
Schlagwörter	Natural Disasters; Mental Health; Coping; Depression (Psychology); Emotional Development; Social Work; Self Efficacy; Adjustment (to Environment); College Students; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Correlation; Resilience (Psychology); Religion; Altruism; Psychological Patterns; Volunteers; Social Attitudes; Political Attitudes; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Substance Abuse; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Psychohygiene; Bewältigung; Gefühlsbildung; Soziale Arbeit; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Collegestudent; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Korrelation; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Freiwilliger; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum
Abstract	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%) employed 8 of the 10 adaptive coping responses. Negative cognitive and emotional reactions to the hurricanes correlated positively with mental health symptomology and 7 of the 10 adaptive coping responses. In the aftermath of a natural disaster, it is critical to provide students with education, information, and close supervision to address issues around impairment and vulnerability and to maximize resilience. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10