A before and after study on personality assessment in adolescents exposed to the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy: influence of sports practice.

ABSTRACT: To assess and estimate the personality changes that occurred before and after the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila and to model the ways that the earthquake affected adolescents according to gender and sport practice. The consequences of earthquakes on psychological health are long lasting for portions of the population, depending on age, gender, social conditions and individual experiences. Sports activities are considered a factor with which to test the overall earthquake impact on individual and social psychological changes in adolescents. Before and after design. Population-based study conducted in L'Aquila, Italy, before and after the 2009 earthquake. Before the earthquake, a random sample of 179 adolescent subjects who either practised or did not practise sports (71 vs 108, respectively).

SUBMITTER: Valenti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3367144 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature