Factors associated with mental health outcomes in a Muslim community following the Christchurch terrorist attack.

ABSTRACT:

Background

On 15 March 2019, a white supremacist terrorist attacked two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Fifty-one people were killed and another 40 sustained non-fatal gunshot injuries.

Aims

To examine the mental health of the Muslim community, and individual and exposure-related factors associated with mental health outcomes.

Method

This is the baseline analysis of a longitudinal study of adults from the Muslim community interviewed 11-32 months after the shootings. It included a diagnostic interview (MINI), measures of sociodemographic factors, prior mental health, prior traumatic events, exposure in the attacks, discrimination, life stressors, social support and religious coping. Logistic regression models examined associations with mental health outcomes.

SUBMITTER: Bell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11698172 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature