Longitudinal linkages between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms: Sequential roles of social causation and social selection

Kaniasty, Krzysztof; H. Norris, Fran

doi:10.1002/jts.20334

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Longitudinal linkages between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms: Sequential roles of social causation and social selection

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Krzysztof Kaniasty

Fran H. Norris

Abstract

Abstract The authors examined social causation and social selection explanations for the association between perceptions of social support and psychological distress. Data came from a sample of 557 victims of natural disaster in Mexico. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that social cau...

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