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A Longitudinal Examination of Interpersonal Violence Exposure, Concern for Loved Ones During a Disaster, and Web-Based Intervention Effects on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Adolescent Victims of the Spring 2011 Tornadoes

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Gilmore, Amanda K., Price, Matthew, Bountress, Kaitlin E., Zuromski, Kelly L., Ruggiero, Ken, Resnick, Heidi·2021·Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Abstract

Natural disasters are common and devastating, and can affect the mental health of adolescents. It is also common for adolescents to have histories of interpersonal violence (IPV). The current study was a secondary data analysis of a larger randomized clinical trial and examined the moderating effect of IPV history and concern for loved ones during a disaster on treatment condition effects on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms over time among disaster-exposed adolescents. Participants ( n = 979) were recruited postdisaster to participate in a randomized clinical trial examining the efficacy of a web-based intervention, Bounce Back Now (BBN), on mental health symptoms at 4 and 12 months postintervention. It was found that adolescents with an IPV history and who had caregivers that were concerned for loved ones during a disaster had more PTSD symptoms at baseline than those without such histories. Furthermore, caregiver concern for loved ones during a disaster moderated the effect of BBN on PTSD symptoms over time. Specifically, the BBN condition was most effective for adolescents who had caregivers who were concerned for loved ones during the disaster in reductions of PTSD symptoms over time. The current study provides further evidence for the use of technology-based interventions for individuals as a means to address mental health symptoms after a traumatic event, especially among those with more severe traumatic experiences.

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  • Findingown data

    There was no significant interaction between IPV history, BBN condition, and PTSD symptoms over time.

    “There was no significant interaction between IPV, BBN, and PTSD symptoms over time.”
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    Female adolescents had more PTSD symptoms at baseline than male adolescents.

    “This suggests that females and adolescents with an IPV history in addition to their experience with a natural disaster had more PTSD symptoms at baseline.”
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    Among adolescents with caregivers who did not report concern for loved ones during the disaster, neither the BBN group nor the control group showed a significant change in PTSD symptoms over time.

    “among those who were not concerned for loved ones during the disaster, there was no main effect of change over time for adolescents in the BBN condition or the control condition, control: b = −0.03, p = .338, odds ratio (OR) = 0.97; BBN: b = −0.02, p = .120, OR = 1.02.”
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    The BBN group showed a non-significant trend toward fewer PTSD symptoms than the control group.

    “There was a trend for both time and BBN condition on PTSD symptoms suggesting that PTSD symptoms lowered over time, and those in the BBN condition had lower PTSD symptoms than those in the control condition, but these effects did not reach significance.”
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    Among disaster-exposed adolescents, having a history of interpersonal violence was associated with a greater number of PTSD symptoms at baseline.

    “The main effects model revealed a significant association between IPV exposure and PTSD symptoms and an association between gender and PTSD at baseline”
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      “The main effects models revealed that an IPV history was significantly associated with more PTSD symptoms among disaster-exposed adolescents.”
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    Treatment and control groups did not differ significantly at baseline in caregiver concern for loved ones or IPV history.

    “There were no significant differences between treatment condition and control on concern for loved ones during the disaster (χ2 = 0.32, p = .57) or on IPV history (χ2 = .01, p = .92).”
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    Both models adjusted for age and gender as covariates.

    “Age and gender were included as control variables in both the main effects and interaction model.”
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    Study design and conductnone given

    The intervention did not deeply address interpersonal trauma content.

    “Finally, the content of the intervention did not target interpersonal traumas in great depth.”
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    Interpretationown data

    Both an IPV history and caregiver concern for loved ones during a disaster are interpersonal trauma-related experiences that can influence symptoms after a disaster.

    “Taken together, these findings suggest that two interpersonal experiences related to trauma, IPV trauma history and concern for loved ones during a disaster, can affect postdisaster symptomology.”
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    Interpretationown data

    BBN produced its largest effects among adolescents with greater trauma exposure, including having a caregiver who worried about loved ones' safety.

    “Partially consistent with the hypotheses, the BBN condition was most effective for adolescents with more severe trauma exposure, such as caregiver’s concern for the safety of loved ones.”
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    Premisecitation

    Having multiple victimization experiences predicts worse mental health outcomes than having only one.

    “Previous literature suggests that polyvictimization is associated with more negative mental health outcomes than single victimization alone (Finkelhor et al., 2007; Ford et al., 2010);”
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    A video intervention delivered during a post-sexual-assault forensic exam helped women most when they had prior sexual assault histories.

    “a video-based intervention conducted during a post–sexual assault medical forensic exam found that the intervention was most effective for women with prior sexual assault histories (Resnick et al., 2007).”
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    IPV is widespread among adolescents.

    “Interpersonal violence (IPV) is widespread among adolescents, with 8.5 million women and 1.5 million men experiencing rape before the age of 18 years (Smith et al., 2017), 3.5 million women and nearly 1 million men experiencing stalking before the age of 18 years (Smith et al., 2017), and 21% of female and 10% of male high school students who date experiencing dating violence (Centers for Disease”
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    Study design and conductown data

    Random assignment placed participants into control, BBN, or BBN with adult self-help groups.

    “Participants were randomly assigned to a control condition, BBN, or BBN + ASH”
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    Study design and conductnone given

    Caregiver concern for loved ones during the disaster was measured with one dichotomous item.

    “First, concern for loved ones during the disaster was a single-item assessment and it was dichotomous.”
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    Study design and conductcitation

    The National Survey of Adolescents PTSD module was used to measure PTSD symptoms and has demonstrated good reliability and concurrent validity.

    “assessed using the National Survey of Adolescents PTSD module, which yields strong reliability and concurrent validity (Kilpatrick et al., 2003).”
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    Childhood and adolescent trauma, including disaster exposure, is linked to various mental health symptoms, and PTSD symptoms are among the most frequent.

    “Trauma exposure in childhood and adolescence, including exposure to natural disasters, is associated with a range of mental health symptoms with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms being among the most common (e.g., Kilpatrick et al., 2000; Kilpatrick et al., 2003; Waldrop et al., 2007)”
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    Study design and conductnone given

    The study had a large population.

    “Strengths of the current study include the large population, the randomized clinical trial design, and the examination of PTSD among disaster-exposed adolescents.”
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  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Whether other victimization histories affect treatment outcomes was previously unexamined.

    “However, the role of other victimization history in treatment outcomes has not yet been examined.”
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    How IPV history and disaster-related concern for loved ones influence response to an online postdisaster PTSD intervention was not known.

    “However, it is unclear how IPV history and concern for loved ones during a disaster are associated with treatment response for a web-based intervention targeting postdisaster PTSD among adolescents.”
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  • A pre-post-test study with N = 979 US adolescents affected by tornadoes in Missouri and Alabama in 2011 revealed a significant decline in PTSD symptoms in the BBN condition at 4- and 12-month follow-up compared to the control condition.

    “A pre–post-test study with N = 979 US adolescents affected by tornadoes in Missouri and Alabama in 2011 [25] revealed a significant decline in PTSD symptoms in the BBN condition at 4- and 12-month follow-up compared to the control condition”

    From Promoting Recovery from Disasters, Pandemics, and Trauma: A Systematic Review of Brief Psychological Interventions to Reduce Distress in Adults, Children, and Adolescents (2023) · cites this paper as [25]

    The Participants and Procedure sections support the sample of 979 adolescents affected by the 2011 Missouri and Alabama tornadoes and the 4- and 12-month follow-ups. The Results report a significant decline in PTSD symptoms in the BBN condition only among adolescents whose caregivers were concerned for loved ones during the disaster; the overall BBN effect did not reach significance. The paper also reports change over time, not a separate significant BBN-versus-control difference at each follow-up. (LLM, conf=0.91)

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  • A controlled pre-post study found a significant decline in PTSD symptoms in adolescents and their parents at follow-up measurements after the application of BBN.

    “One article reported on a controlled pre–post study that found a significant decline in PTSD symptoms in adolescents and their parents at follow-up measurements after the application of BBN [25]”

    From Promoting Recovery from Disasters, Pandemics, and Trauma: A Systematic Review of Brief Psychological Interventions to Reduce Distress in Adults, Children, and Adolescents (2023) · cites this paper as [25]

    The Results (page unavailable) report a significant decline in PTSD symptoms over time only among BBN-treated adolescents whose caregivers were concerned for loved ones during the disaster; the overall time and BBN effects were not significant. The Methods > Measures section (page unavailable) assesses adolescents’ PTSD symptoms at baseline and follow-up, not parents’ PTSD symptoms. The claim therefore overgeneralizes the adolescent finding and adds an unsupported parent outcome. (LLM, conf=0.90)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

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  • Abstract overstates the baseline finding for caregiver concern

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    The abstract presents caregiver concern as a finding associated with more baseline PTSD symptoms, but the Results state that its association with PTSD symptoms was not significant.

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Authors
Gilmore, A. K., Price, M., Bountress, K. E., Zuromski, K. L., Ruggiero, K., & Resnick, H.
Affiliations
  • Medical University of South Carolina (US)
  • University of Vermont (US)
  • Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Gilmore, Amanda K.
Venue
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Published
2018-08-23
Volume
36
Issue
9-10
Pages
NP4611-NP4625
ISSN
  • 0886-2605 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-6518
OpenAlex
W2888695879
Cited by
8
References
23
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
FWCI
0.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (K23DA042935; PI: Gilmore)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH107641-02S1; PIs: Ruggiero/Galea)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorder, adolescents, tornadoes, natural disasters, online intervention, moderating effect, disaster mental health, technology-based interventions
MeSH terms
Exposure to Violence, Internet-Based Intervention, Adolescent, Disasters, Humans, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Tornadoes

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