Mental health service utilization following a campus mass shooting: The role of preshooting emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic cognitions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigated preshooting emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic cognitions as predictors of mental health service utilization ([MHU]; i.e., therapy/medication) among undergraduate women following a campus mass shooting, controlling for time, age, and postshooting posttraumatic stress (PTS) and depressive symptoms.

Method

Undergraduate women (N = 483, M_age = 19.23, SD = 2.39) were engaged in a study when a mass shooting occurred on Northern Illinois University's campus. A separate, longitudinal study was then implemented to monitor postshooting adjustment among these same women. The present study examined predictors of MHU using data from the preshooting assessment and the following postshooting timepoints: 9 months (T1; <

SUBMITTER: Reffi AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8720105 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature