Life Events and Mental Status: A Longitudinal Study

Myers, Jerome K.; Lindenthal, Jacob Jay; Pepper, Max P.; Ostrander, David R.

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“…As such, S-R paradigms represent static rather than dynamic approaches to the study of stress. Life change research provides an example of a static paradigm in its study of relationships among stressful life events and psychiatric, psychological, and somatic problems (Brown, 1974;Brown, Harris, & Pete, 1973;Brown, Sinclair, Harris, & Birley, 1973;Moos, 1976;Myers, Lindenthal, & Pepper, 1971; Myers, Lindenthal, & Pepper, 1974;Myers, Lindenthal, Pepper, & Ostrander, 1972). The life change model ignores the dynamic transaction between the person and the environment, namely the interaction between stimuli, responses, and moderating factors (Appley & Trumbull, 1967;Hinkle, 1974;Lazarus, 1971;Levi, 1974).…”

Section: Conceptualizations Of Stress Distress and Disastermentioning

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A psychoepidemiologic approach to the study of disaster

Vitaliano

Maiuro

Bolton

1987

J. Community Psychol.

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Several researchers have called for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of disaster. In this article, the authors discuss conceptual issues related to stress, distress, and disaster; survey pertinent contributions by reseachers; and provide a rationale for the use of a comprehensive, psychoepidemiologic model of distress as a possible means of systematizing research in the area. A review of the model's components, which include exposure to stressors, vulnerability, and psychological and social resources, is presented. Various ways to implement the model practically and methodologically in disaster research also are discussed.

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Section: Conceptualizations Of Stress Distress and Disastermentioning

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A psychoepidemiologic approach to the study of disaster

Vitaliano

Maiuro

Bolton

1987

J. Community Psychol.

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“…(Bowlby, 1974;Myers et al, 1972;Kaplan et al, 1977). Speck and Attneave (1973) described social networks which had a lasting impact on the life of the individual and maintained both his physical and psychological integrity.…”

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Family interaction and suicidal behaviour: a brief review

Aldridge

1984

Journal of Family Therapy

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This paper reviews those research studies which have investigated suicidal behaviour in the context of the family. It is proposed that in families a subculture of distress management develops not from random deviations but from familial and cultural expectations of how distress can be managed.A number of factors are presented indicating suicide potential:a pattern of marked hostility, a pattern of rBle disturbance and r d e failure, a process of escalation when developmental crises occur in the management of family life-cycle transitions, a symbiotic attachment between partners which tolerates no autonomy, an intolerance of crisis, a relationship between the management of crises, family conflict and family organization, suicidal behaviour as a pattern of communication.A family tradition of crisis management by symptoms and the presence of intra-familial conflict are seen as critical variables.This paper describes the research that has previously investigated suicidal behaviour in the context of the family. There has been little direct research into the phenomenon compared with the research into problems of mental health and family contexts. However, some modern writers who are concerned with clinical practice have written about the family and postulated how suicidal behaviour occurs. This paper is concerned with presenting both concrete descriptions and hypothetical explanations. The presence of change, conflict and a key person have been considered as important factors in the aetiology of suicidal behaviour(

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“…Cooper & Sylph concluded that major life events play a significant role in the causation of neurotic illness. Myers et al (1971Myers et al ( ,1972 conducted a survey of life events and psychological impairment (essentially the presence of neurotic symptoms but not necessarily of illness) in a community sample of 938 adults. They found a Pearson correlation of 0-34 between the measures.…”

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