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Posttraumatic Stress and Meaning Making in Mexico City

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  • Jennifer M. Doran
  • Ani Kalayjian
  • Loren Toussaint
  • Diana Maria Mendez

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Mexico City, established in 1524, is Mexico’s most important educational, financial and cultural centre. As is typical of large metropolitan cities, Mexico City has its share of crime, violence and poverty. It also has a history of natural disasters, particularly large-scale earthquakes. There is a lack of research on the impacts and correlates of chronic exposure to trauma in developing societies such as Mexico City. Particularly, a dearth of research that examines the relationship between exposure to trauma and posttraumatic growth in these populations exists. Recently, the Association of Trauma Outreach and Prevention (ATOP) organised a humanitarian mission to Mexico City to assess posttraumatic symptomatology and identify factors that contributed to meaning making and posttraumatic growth, including socio-demographic variables. The results demonstrated that age and marital status were associated with traumatic stress symptomatology and the ability to find meaning in trauma and purpose in one’s life. Inconsistent with previous research, there were no differential associations in symptomatology or posttraumatic growth on the basis of gender. Of note, the results suggested that individuals who had offered support to others during a traumatic event were currently experiencing lower levels of posttraumatic stress and an increased ability to find meaning in the trauma.

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  • Jennifer M. Doran & Ani Kalayjian & Loren Toussaint & Diana Maria Mendez, 2014. "Posttraumatic Stress and Meaning Making in Mexico City," Psychology and Developing Societies, , vol. 26(1), pages 91-114, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:psydev:v:26:y:2014:i:1:p:91-114
    DOI: 10.1177/0971333613516231
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