| Abstract: | Examined the chronic responses of survivors of a 1977 supper club fire, in which 165 people died, from the standpoint of linking individual differences in aspects of the fire experience to differential outcome. 117 Ss were interviewed on stress, life events, coping, social supports, psychopathology, and symptoms 1 yr postfire. 67 Ss were reinterviewed a year later. Hierarchical regression analyses for multiple outcome measures showed that the most predictable symptoms at 1 yr were those associated with stress disorders. The independent variables contributing most to that prediction were aspects of the S's experience (e.g., bereavement, injury). Predictability shifted somewhat in the 2nd yr for the outcome measures: Secondary measures (those with a hostility component) became more predictable. Overall, up to 45% of outcome variance 1-yr postfire could be explained by the individual's experiences surrounding the fire. (17 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
