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- Title
Resiliencity: resilience and psychotic-like experiences 10 years after l'aquila earthquake.
- Authors
Rossi, R.; Socci, V.; Gregori, E.; Talevi, D.; Collazzoni, A.; Pacitti, F.; Di Lorenzo, G.; Rossi, A.
- Abstract
Introduction: In 2009 an earthquake hit the city of L'Aquila in central Italy, leaving the city completely destroyed and 309 casualties. Unexpectedly, lower rates of psychotic experiences in subjects exposed to the earthquake compared to non-exposed subjects were found 10 month after the earthquake. Objectives: To address the very long-term impact of a natural disaster on the prevalence of psychotic experiences. Methods: The Authors examined resilience using the Resilience Scale for Adults and psychotic experiences using the Prodromal Questionnaire-16 in an undergraduate university student sample of 494, using Logisitc Regression. Results: No effect of direct exposure to the earthquake (odds ratio = 0.64, 95%CI [0.37, 1.11]), material damages (odds ratio = 0.86, 95% CI [0.60, 1.23]), psychological suffering (odds ratio = 1.06, 95%CI [0.83, 1.36]) or global exposure severity (odds ratio = 0.92, 95%CI [0.76, 1.12]) on psychotic experiences was detected. Resilience levels did not differ between exposed and non-exposed subjects. Resilience showed a strong protective effect on psychotic experiences (odds ratio=0.38, 95% CI [0.28, 0.51]. Conclusions: Exposure to a natural disaster is not a risk factor for psychotic experiences in the general population, as no direct effect of the earthquake detectable after 10 years after the exposure. Resilience is confirmed as a strong protective factor for psychotic experiences irrespectively of large collective traumatic events.
- Subjects
L'AQUILA (Italy); ITALY; EARTHQUAKES; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; ODDS ratio; NATURAL disasters; UNDERGRADUATES
- Publication
European Psychiatry, 2020, Vol 63, pS143
- ISSN
0924-9338
- Publication type
Article