The contributions of social network support and reciprocity to posttraumatic stress symptoms across time among parents and caregivers impacted by the ABC Day Care Center fire in Hermosillo, Mexico
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Austin Arceneaux
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA
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Austin Arceneaux, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, 5001 El Paso Dr, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Email: aaquam@gmail.com
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School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, El Paso, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorArthur D. Murphy
Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Austin Arceneaux
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA
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Austin Arceneaux, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, 5001 El Paso Dr, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Email: aaquam@gmail.com
Search for more papers by this authorEric C. Jones
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, El Paso, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorArthur D. Murphy
Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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In 2009, a fire occurred in the ABC Day Care Center in Hermosillo, Mexico, that killed and injured many children who were in attendance that day. This study investigated the association between the posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) of socially connected parents and caregivers whose children were affected by the fire. Parents and caregivers of the children who were in attendance the day of the fire were interviewed 8–11 months and 20–23 months postfire. Linear network autocorrelation modeling was used to test for autocorrelations of the outcome variable count of PTSS within different configurations of the network of caregivers. No significant network effects appeared in models from the first interview period, but effects did appear in the second period, specifically in the three models in which network ties consisted of “receive informational support” (.220), “give and receive emotional support” (.167), and “give and receive both informational and emotional support” (.213). The findings suggest that in these three network configurations, as relationships grew in strength from the first interview to the second, the level of one's own PTSS was more comparable to the level of PTSS of one's social connections. Two theoretical mechanisms that may explain this result are homophily and social influence.
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jts23041-sup-0001-SuppMat.docx119.5 KB | Supplemental Table 1. ABC Day Care Fire Sample Characteristics for W1 and W2. Supplemental Figure 1. Social Constraint Questions Asked of each Interviewee at W1 and W2. Supplemental Figure 2. Translated Questions Asked of each Interviewee about Their Relationships with Up to 7 Other Parents/caregivers they Nominated in the ABC Day care Community. Supplemental Table 2. Count and Percentage of True Reciprocal Ties for W1 and W2. Supplemental Table 3. Overlap of Edges Between the Receive Informational Support, Give and Receive Emotional Support, and the Full Networks (with Percent Change from W1 to W2 of Percent of Edge for each Edge Attribute). Supplemental Table 4. Counts, Percentages Meeting PTS Disorder Criteria, and Average Count of PTS Symptoms with and without Isolates at W1 and W2. Supplemental Table 5. Characteristics of the Exogenous Variables of Gender and Child Status. Supplemental Table 6. The Range, Median, and Mean of the Length of Relationships in Years Between Egos and Alters Reported by Egos for W1 and W2. |
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