Citation

Dyregrov A, Frykholm AM, Lilled L, Broberg AG, Holmberg I. Scand. J. Psychol. 2003; 44(5): 449-457.

Affiliation

Center for Crisis Psychology, Bergen, Norway. atle@uib.no

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Scandinavian Psychological Associations, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15030111

Abstract

FINDINGS from a study of 563 adolescents' reactions following a discotheque fire that killed 63 young people in Göteborg in October 1998 are presented. The group answered a questionnaire seven months following the disaster. The questionnaire included the Impact of Event Scale (IES) and the Birleson Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS). The level of trauma was found to be very high, while depression scores were less elevated. A little under a third of the students scored above a clinical cut-off point (> 35) on the IES, indicating high posttraumatic stress levels. Girls evidenced more depression and traumatic stress reactions than boys. Levels of reactions increased with more closeness (knowing victims personally) and if the adolescents were of non-Swedish origin.

Language: en