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Adams, Richard E.; Boscarino, Joseph A. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2005
In this study, we examine the relationship between exposure to the World Trade Center disaster (WTCD) and the well-being of adults living in New York City (NYC) at the time of the attacks by using a stress process model. One year after the attacks, we conducted a telephone survey of a cross-sectional random sample of city residents with an…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Well Being, Physical Health
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Adams, Richard E.; Figley, Charles R.; Boscarino, Joseph A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objective: The present study has two goals: to assess the difference between secondary trauma and job burnout and to examine the utility of secondary trauma in predicting psychological distress. Method: The data come from a survey of social workers (N = 236) living in New York City 20 months following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Terrorism, Burnout, At Risk Persons