Abstract

LERIA DULčIć, Francisco  and  SALGADO ROA, Jorge. POST- TRAUMATIC STRESS AND SUBJECTIVE STRESS IN COLLEGE STUDENTS AFTER MUDSLIDE. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2016, vol.10, n.2, pp.129-141. ISSN 1688-4094.

The preliminary study in nature aims to describe the levels of post-traumatic stress symptoms and subjective stress in a sample of 149 college students from Copiapó, Chile. A cross-comparative associate strategy with natural groups was used. A brief sociodemographic survey and two instruments were applied: Severity Scale Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Impact Event Scale Revised (EIE-R). Outof the total sample, reslts show that 2% have symptoms of post-traumatic stress; 85% have symptoms of medium impact intensity to the event and 13.4% have severe symptoms of subjective stress. Significant differences were found in the scores of the scales depending on the varying degree of emotional impact: PTSD, F(4, 144) = 17.81, p < .001 and IES-R, F(4, 144) = 17.96; p < .001; and grade of material loss: PTSD, F(5.143) = 3.20, p < .01 and IES-R, F(5.143) = 3.26; p < .01. No differences in scores were found according to gender. These results suggest low prevalence of PTSD

Keywords : natural disaster; environmental traumatic event; post-traumatic stress; emotional distress.

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