The predictive value of trauma-related coping self-efficacy for posttraumatic stress symptoms: Differences between treatment-seeking and non–treatment-seeking victims.

Bosmans, Mark; Knaap, L.M. van der; Velden, Peter G. van der

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“…Benight, Cieslak, Molton, & Johnson, 2008; Bosmans, Benight, van der Knaap, Winkel, & van der Velden, 2013). Coping self‐efficacy reduces the individual's stress reaction through positive appraisal of one's capability in coping with the traumatic event and its aftermath (Bosmans, van der Knaap, & van der Velden, 2016).…”

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“…It is a self-evaluative process in which individuals appraise their own capability to manage a threatening situation (Bandura, 1997). CSE was found to play an important role in psychological recovery after trauma (Bosmans, van der Knaap, & van der Velden, 2016). In a meta-analysis conducted on cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, higher levels of CSE were associated with lower levels of distress and PTSD symptoms (Luszczynska, Benight, & Cieslak, 2009).…”

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Acute stress disorder, coping self‐efficacy and subsequent psychological distress among nurses amid COVID‐19

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Health care professionals, particularly nurses, are considered a vulnerable group to experience acute stress disorder (ASD) and subsequent psychological distress amid COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to establish the prevalence of acute stress disorder and predictors of psychological distress among Jordanian nurses. Methods: A quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive and comparative design was used. Data were collected using a Web-based survey. A total of 448 Jordanian nurses (73% females) completed and returned the study questionnaire. Results: The majority of nurses (64%) are experiencing ASD due to the COVID-19 pandemic and thus are at risk for PTSD predisposition. More than one-third of nurses (41%) are also suffering significant psychological distress. Among our sample, age, ASD and coping self-efficacy significantly predicted psychological distress. More specifically, younger nurses are more prone to experience psychological distress than older ones. While higher scores on ASD showed more resultant psychological distress, coping self-efficacy was a protective factor. Conclusion: Given that individuals who suffer from ASD are predisposed to PTSD, follow-up with nurses to screen for PTSD and referral to appropriate psychological services is pivotal. Coping self-efficacy is found to ameliorate the effect of psychological distress on nurses' traumatic experience. Such findings warrant intensive efforts from health care institutions to provide psychosocial support services for nurses and ongoing efforts to screen them for traumatic and psychological distress symptoms. Implications for Nursing Management: Nursing leaders and managers are in the forefront of responding to the unique needs of their workforces during the COVID-19 crisis. They need to implement stress-reduction strategies for nurses through providing consecutive rest days, rotating allocations of complex patients, arranging support services and being accessible to staff. They also need to ensure nurses' personal safety through securing and providing personal safety measures and undertake briefings to ensure their staff's physical and mental well-being, as well as providing referrals to appropriate psychological services. | 1687 SHAHROUR And dARdAS 1 | INTRODUC TI ON Viral diseases have been a serious issue to global health emerging in public awareness. By the end of 2019, the world had witnessed the unpleasant and anxiety-provoking news regarding the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a global scale. The rapidness and aggressiveness of COVID-19 in infecting people made it a serious and threatening global health issue. As of 21 June 2020, more than 8 million people were infected, resulting in thousands of deaths worldwide (European Center for Disease Prevention & Control [ECDC], 2020). Researchers are warning that the COVID-19 pandemic could inflict emotional trauma on a global scale (e.g. Higgins, 2020; Xiang, 2020). Individuals are fearful of contracting the infection or spreading it to their loved ones and having their basic and financ...

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“…In addition, many other organizations actively supported the affected residents, including the representative organization of affected residents (BSVE), insurance companies, housing cooperations, residents’ employers, and the municipality of Enschede. Without neglecting the prevalence of severe post-event mental health problems during the years afterwards, we assume that all these activities enhanced the resilience and coping-self efficacy of the affected residents [44, 45]. The way health care and social welfare are organized in the Netherlands may have contributed to our results too.…”

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Wages and employment security following a major disaster: A 17-year population-based longitudinal comparative study

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Objectives The effects of disasters on mental health are well documented, but very little is known about the short to long-term effects of human-made disasters on wage and employment security careers of the affected residents. Methods Residents affected by a major fireworks disaster (May 13, 2000) in a Dutch residential area were all anonymously identified, based on postal codes of the affected area. To gain insight in these effects, data were derived from Statistics Netherlands that records all individual demographic, gross annual wages and employment security data of the entire Dutch population since 1999. A quasi-experimental matched control group design was used by constructing two pair-wise matched groups of non-affected residents of the city of Tilburg and the general Dutch population. Matching was based on nine demographic variables such as gender, age, education level and gross annual wage in 1999 (N total = 12,648). The effects of the disaster on wage and employment security from 1999 to 2016 among the total group and among those with low wages in 1999, were assessed using fixed-effects panel regression analyses. Results Affected residents had significant lower gross annual wages in the medium and long term than the non-affected groups from the Netherlands, but differences were (very) small. Compared to the Tilburg group the significant differences were trivial in the medium term. Among the low-wage groups, no relevant differences were found between affected and non-affected residents. With respect to employment security, no or trivial differences were found between the total group of affected and matched comparison groups. Among those with low wages in 1999, in 2001 and especially 2002 affected residents worked fewer weeks per year than non-affected from Tilburg. In 2002 the difference with the Tilburg group was above moderate. Conclusions These results speak to the resilience of affected residents, given the mental health problems and PTSD-symptomatology they suffered from, as shown in previous research.

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“…This may explain the fact that affected and non-affected workers did differ in mental health problems, while no differences were found in MHS utilization. Since treatment seeking victims tend to have lower CSE perceptions than nontreatment seeking individuals (Bosmans et al, 2016 ), an alternative explanation could be that victims didn't seek treatment because they had high overall CSE levels. It would be interesting to test this hypothesis in future.…”

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Well-Being and Functioning at Work Following Thefts and Robberies: A Comparative Study

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Thefts and robberies may be traumatizing experiences for employees. The aim of this study is to explore to what extent experiencing robberies and/or thefts at work affect workers' mental health, coping-self-efficacy, social support seeking, workload and job satisfaction. Drawing on Conservation of Resources theory, this research contributes to our understanding of the psychological sequelae of robbery and theft for employees working in small businesses. The few studies on the effects of robberies and thefts in the past have predominantly focused on bank employees. A sample of Italian tobacconists and jewelers completed an anonymous self-report questionnaire examining the experience of robbery and/or theft, social support seeking (Coping Orientation to Problem Experienced scale, COPE-IV), psycho-somatic well-being (General Health Questionnaire, GHQ-12), job satisfaction (a single item). Victims of thefts and/or robberies reported their PTSD symptoms (Impact of Event- Revised 6, IES-R-6) and trauma-related coping self-efficacy (Coping Self-Efficacy scale, CSE-7), based on the last event (N = 319). Descriptive analyses, ANOVA, ANCOVA and multiple regressions analyses have been carried out. The results indicated that victims of thefts and robberies experienced greater workload, higher psycho-physical complaints and greater tendency to seek social support in comparison with their non-affected counterparts. They additionally experienced more post-traumatic symptomatology and perceived lower coping self-efficacy, when compared to those who experienced thefts “only.” Multiple regression analyses revealed that CSE was positively related to job satisfaction, although the presence of psycho-physical symptoms was the main predictor of job satisfaction among both non-affected and affected employees. PTSD was not an independent predictor of job satisfaction. In sum, robberies and/or thefts exposure undermines differently workers' well-being.

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The predictive value of trauma-related coping self-efficacy for posttraumatic stress symptoms: Differences between treatment-seeking and non–treatment-seeking victims.

Abstract: Pretreatment CSE did not affect recovery during treatment: higher pretreatment CSE perceptions do not give treated individuals an advantage while CSE is predictive of PTSS among untreated victims.

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Acute stress disorder, coping self‐efficacy and subsequent psychological distress among nurses amid COVID‐19

Acute stress disorder, coping self‐efficacy and subsequent psychological distress among nurses amid COVID‐19

Wages and employment security following a major disaster: A 17-year population-based longitudinal comparative study

Well-Being and Functioning at Work Following Thefts and Robberies: A Comparative Study

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