TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Finding social benefits after a collective trauma: Perceiving societal changes and well-being following 9/11
JO  - Journal of Traumatic Stress
A1  - Poulin, Michael J.
A1  - Silver, Roxane Cohen
A1  - Gil-Rivas, Virginia
A1  - Holman, E. Alison
A1  - McIntosh, Daniel N.
SP  - 81 
EP  -  90
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-9867
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20391
ID  - ref1
ER  -