@article{ref1,
title="Finding social benefits after a collective trauma: Perceiving societal changes and well-being following 9/11",
journal="Journal of Traumatic Stress",
year="2009",
author="Poulin, Michael J. and Silver, Roxane Cohen and Gil-Rivas, Virginia and Holman, E. Alison and McIntosh, Daniel N.",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="81 - 90",
abstract="Individuals frequently perceive positive changes in themselves following adversity; after a collective trauma, they may perceive such benefits in others or in their society as well. We examined perceived benefits of the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks in a 3-year study of a national sample of adults (N = 1382). Many individuals (57.8%) perceived social benefits of 9/11, including increased prosocial behavior, religiousness, or political engagement. Individuals who found increased national religiosity as a benefit 2 months post-9/11 reported greater positive affect and life satisfaction and lower distress and posttraumatic stress up to 3 years post-9/11. Pre-9/11 religiousness and Republican political affiliation predicted perceiving religion-related social benefits post-9/11. Perceptions of social change are important but understudied responses to stressful events.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9867",
doi="10.1002/jts.20391",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20391"
}