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The Aetiology of Post-traumatic Morbidity: Predisposing, Precipitating and Perpetuating Factors
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A group of 469 firefighters were studied 4, 11 and 29 months after having an extreme exposure to a bushfire disaster. The relative importance of the impact of the disaster, personality and ways of coping were investigated as determinants of post-traumatic morbidity. Neuroticism and a past history of treatment for a psychological disorder were better predictors of post-traumatic morbidity than the degree of exposure to the disaster or the losses sustained. These results raise doubts about the postulated central aetiological role a traumatic event plays in the onset of morbidity.
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Metadata
- Authors
- McFarlane, A. C.
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 1989-02
- Volume
- 154
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 221-228
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2149642772
- Cited by
- 461
- References
- 21
- FWCI
- 9.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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