WASHINGTON – Short-term and long-term psychological effects of the 9/11 attacks spread far beyond New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
A team of psychologists examine the social, political and psychological impacts of the nation's worst terrorist attack in "9/11: Ten Years Later," a special issue of APA's flagship journal, American Psychologist . With a dozen peer-reviewed articles, the issue illustrates how psychology is helping people understand and cope with 9/11's enduring impacts. It also explores how psychological science has helped us understand the roots of terrorism and how to prevent further attacks.
The articles include:
An Introduction to "9/11: Ten Years Later" - Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, University of California, Irvine
The Expulsion from Disneyland: The Social Psychological Impact of 9/11 - G. Scott Morgan, PhD, Daniel C. Wisneski, BA, and Linda J. Skitka, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Americans Respond Politically to 9/11: Understanding the Impact of the Terrorist Attacks and Their Aftermath - Leonie Huddy, PhD, and Stanley Feldman, PhD, Stony Brook University
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: A Review of the Literature among Highly Exposed Populations - Yuval Neria, PhD, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute; Laura DiGrande, DrPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Ben G. Adams, PhD, Columbia University
Growing Up in the Shadow of Terrorism: Youth in America After 9/11 - Nancy Eisenberg, PhD, Arizona State University; Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, University of California, Irvine
Post disaster Psychological Intervention Since 9/11 - Patricia J. Watson, PhD, UCLA/Dartmouth; Melissa J. Brymer, PhD, UCLA; and George A. Bonanno, PhD, Teacher's College, Columbia University
Other articles in the special issue include:
Full text of the article, "An Introduction to "9/11: Ten Years Later," can be found here: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/amp-9-11-intro.pdf
Full texts of all other articles are available from the APA Public Affairs Office.
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Special Issue: "9/11: Ten Years Later," Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, Special Issue Coordinator/Editor; American Psychologist , Vol. 66, No. 6.
Contact: Dr. Roxane Cohen Silver, rsilver@uci.edu , 949-824-9055 or 949-533-2156.
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