Immediate Psychological Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Symptoms of PTSD and Coping Skills

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Five hundred eighty-eight participants completed the Short Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Rating Interview (SPRINT; Connor & Davidson, 200110. Connor , K. and Davidson , J. 2001 . SPRINT: A brief global assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder . International Clinical Psychopharmacology , 16 ( 5 ) : 279 - 284 . [CrossRef], [Web of Science ®]View all references) and the Brief COPE (Carver, 19977. Carver , C. S. 1997 . You want to measure coping but your protocol's too long: Consider the Brief COPE . International Journal of Behavioral Medicine , 4 ( 1 ) : 92 - 100 . [CrossRef], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®]View all references) to determine the psychological impacts and coping styles of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Gulf Coast residents. Participants were divided into at-risk and nonrisk groups based on their occupations. Results indicated that 28% of the respondents scored above the SPRINT cutoff score, indicating significant levels of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Furthermore, the Brief COPE results revealed that the at-risk group showed a negative correlation between active coping and the level of PTSD-related symptoms. The at-risk respondents also showed negative correlations of PTSD-related symptoms with coping strategies such as acceptance, planning, positive reframing, humor, and religion. Future research directions are also discussed.View full textDownload full textKeywordscoping skills, oil spill, PTSD, technological disasterRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2012.694402