Resource Loss as a Predictor of Posttrauma Symptoms Among College Women Following the Mass Shooting at Virginia Tech

Authors: Littleton, Heather; Grills-Taquechel, Amie; Axsom, Danny

Source: Violence and Victims, Volume 24, Number 5, 2009 , pp. 669-686(18)

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

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Abstract:

We examined risk factors for posttrauma symptomatology, 2 and 6 months following the April 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech. Using a conservation of resources framework and a Web-based survey methodology, we prospectively evaluated the relations among preshooting distress, social support, resource loss, and posttrauma symptomatology in a sample of 293 female students enrolled at the university at the time of the shootings. Structural equation modeling supported that preshooting social support and distress predicted resource loss postshooting. Resource loss predicted symptomatology 2 months and 6 months after the shooting. Implications of the results for research and intervention following mass trauma are discussed.

Keywords: CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES THEORY; MASS TRAUMA; CAMPUS VIOLENCE; PTSD

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.24.5.669

Publication date: 2009-10-01

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Violence and Victims discusses theory, research, policy, and clinical practice in the area of interpersonal violence and victimization across such disciplines as psychology, sociology, criminology, law, medicine, nursing, psychiatry, and social work.
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