Personality and Major Depression among Directly Exposed Survivors of the Oklahoma City Bombing
Joint Authors
Cloninger, Claude Robert
North, Carol S.
Source
Depression Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Few disaster studies have specifically examined personality and resilience in association with disaster exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and major depression.
Methods.
151 directly-exposed survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing randomly selected from a bombing survivor registry completed PTSD, major depression, and personality assessments using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for DSM-IV and the Temperament and Character Inventory, respectively.
Results.
The most prevalent postdisaster psychiatric disorder was bombing-related PTSD (32%); major depression was second in prevalence (21%).
Bombing-related PTSD was associated with the combination of low self-directedness and low cooperativeness and also with high self-transcendence and high harm avoidance in most configurations.
Postdisaster major depression was significantly more prevalent among those with (56%) than without (5%) bombing-related PTSD (P<.001) and those with (72%) than without (14%) predisaster major depression (P<.001).
Incident major depression was not associated with the combination of low self-directedness and low cooperativeness.
Conclusions.
Personality features can distinguish resilience to a specific life-threatening stressor from general indicators of well-being.
Unlike bombing-related PTSD, major depression was not a robust marker of low resilience.
Development and validation of measures of resilience should utilize well-defined diagnoses whenever possible, rather than relying on nonspecific measures of psychological distress.
American Psychological Association (APA)
North, Carol S.& Cloninger, Claude Robert. 2012. Personality and Major Depression among Directly Exposed Survivors of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Depression Research and Treatment،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
North, Carol S.& Cloninger, Claude Robert. Personality and Major Depression among Directly Exposed Survivors of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Depression Research and Treatment No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454271
American Medical Association (AMA)
North, Carol S.& Cloninger, Claude Robert. Personality and Major Depression among Directly Exposed Survivors of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Depression Research and Treatment. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454271
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-454271