The Mediational Role of Resource Loss between Residential Fire Exposure and Psychological Distress

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorHadder, James Michaelen
dc.contributor.committeechairJones, Russell T.en
dc.contributor.committeememberOllendick, Thomas H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWinett, Richard A.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:45:20Zen
dc.date.adate2008-09-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:45:20Zen
dc.date.issued2008-08-18en
dc.date.rdate2008-09-30en
dc.date.sdate2008-09-12en
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between exposure to trauma and the development of both Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and general distress has been widely discussed in the empirical literature. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the specific processes through which trauma exposure leads to distress. This lack of research is particularly apparent in research involving residential fire. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which the four types of resource loss (object resource loss, condition resource loss, personal characteristics resource loss, and energy resource loss) mediate the relationship between fire exposure and total distress (as well as intrusion and avoidance symptom clusters). Additionally, total resource loss (a sum of the four types of resource loss) will be examined as a fifth potential mediator. The sample consists of 120 children (mean age = 12.31, SD = 2.83) exposed to residential fire who were interviewed three months after their experience. The proposed mediational analyses were explored through use of regression techniques. With regard to the relationships that showed the necessary significant correlations to perform mediational analyses, the findings of the current investigation provided some preliminary evidence for the mediational role of object resource loss and total resource loss (though these results generally failed to retain significance under the Bonferroni correction). Furthermore, the role of resource loss in the development and maintenance of PTSD was supported. Implications for future research and clinical intervention are discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09122008-145853en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09122008-145853/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/35034en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartHadderThesisSeptember292008.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectResource Lossen
dc.subjectResidential Fireen
dc.subjectPTSDen
dc.titleThe Mediational Role of Resource Loss between Residential Fire Exposure and Psychological Distressen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
HadderThesisSeptember292008.pdf
Size:
210.35 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Masters Theses