ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
World Trade Center Exposure and Posttraumatic Growth: Assessing Positive Psychological Change 15 Years after 9/11.
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- Institutional betrayal and posttraumatic adaptation among Nova festival survivors following the 7 October 2023 attack.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Post-Traumatic Growth and Quality of Life Among World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees 16 Years After 9/11.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Long-Term Oral Health Effects of Traumatic Events Among World Trade Center Health Registry Enrolees, 2003-2020.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Article
- Trauma Exposure Checklist: Preliminary Results Show Promising Psychometric Properties to Assess Subjective Perceptions of Exposure to Potentially Traumatic Events.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Impact of COVID-19-related experiences on health-related quality of life in cancer survivors in the United States.PloS one · 2024Article
- Development and initial psychometric evaluation of a COVID-related psychosocial experiences questionnaire for cancer survivors.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- The Association of Conflict-Related Trauma with Markers of Mental Health Among Syrian Refugee Women: The Role of Social Support and Post-Traumatic Growth.International journal of women's health · 2022Article
- Psychosocial correlates of posttraumatic growth among U.S. young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Psychiatry research · 2021Article
- 9/11 Health Update.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
We evaluated the presence of posttraumatic growth (PTG) among survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attack and how indicators of psychosocial well-being, direct 9/11-related exposure, and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) relate to PTG. PTG was examined among 4934 participants using the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to determine if the original factor structure of the PTGI fits our data and principal component analysis (PCA) to identify the appropriate factor structure. Multivariable linear regression models were used to examine the association between PTG and indicators of psychosocial well-being, 9/11-related exposure, and PTSS, controlling for covariates. CFA identified a two-factor structure of the PTGI as a better fit than the original five-factor model. Participants who experienced very high 9/11-related exposure level (ß = 7.72; 95% CI: 5.75-9.70), higher PTSS at waves 1 (ß = 0.13; 95% CI: 0.08-0.18) and 2 (ß = 0.09; 95% CI: 0.05-0.14), high social integration (ß = 5.71; 95% CI: 4.47, 6.96), greater social support (ß = 0.49; 95% CI: 0.37, 0.61), and higher self-efficacy (ß = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.04, 1.48) had higher PTGI scores. Our findings suggest PTG is present, 15 years following the 9/11 terrorist attack. Very high-level 9/11 exposure, PTSS, and indicators of psychosocial well-being were associated with PTG.
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