Open AccessMacrolevel Stressors, Terrorism, and Mental Health Outcomes: Broadening the Stress Paradigm
Author(s) -
Judith A. Richman,
Lea Cloninger,
Kathleen M. Rospenda
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.98.supplement_1.s113
Subject(s) - stressor , mental health , psychosocial , distress , population , psychology , mental distress , public health , affect (linguistics) , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , environmental health , nursing , communication
We examined the extent to which the stress paradigm linking psychosocial stressors to mental health status has focused disproportionate attention on microlevel social stressors to the detriment of macrolevel stressors. Also, we assessed the effects of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on subsequent mental health among participants in a Midwestern cohort study.