Longitudinal assessment of cognitive and psychosocial functioning after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Exploring disaster impact on middle-aged, older, and oldest-old adults
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-10-2012
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research
Abstract
The authors examined the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (HKR) on cognitive and psychosocial functioning in a lifespan sample of adults 6 to 14 months after the storms. Participants were recruited from the Louisiana Healthy Aging Study (LHAS). Most were assessed during the immediate impact period and retested for this study. Analyses of pre-and post-disaster cognitive data confirmed that storm-related decrements in working memory for middle-aged and older adults observed in the immediate impact period had returned to pre-hurricane levels in the post-disaster recovery period. Middle-aged adults reported more storm-related stressors and greater levels of stress than the two older groups at both waves of testing. These results are consistent with a burden perspective on post-disaster psychological reactions.
First Page
187
Last Page
211
PubMed ID
23526570
Volume
16
Issue
3-4
Recommended Citation
Cherry, Katie E.; Brown, Jennifer Silva; Marks, Loren D.; Galea, Sandro; Volaufova, Julia; Lefante, Christina; Su, L. Joseph; Welsh, David A.; Jazwinski, S. Michal; Personnel, Louisiana Healthy Aging Study; Allen, Meghan B.; Anderson, Gloria; Antikainen, Iina E.; Arce, Arturo M.; Arceneaux, Jennifer; Batzer, Mark A.; Boudreaux, Emily O.; Byerley, Lauri O.; and al, et, "Longitudinal assessment of cognitive and psychosocial functioning after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Exploring disaster impact on middle-aged, older, and oldest-old adults" (2012). School of Public Health Faculty Publications. 381.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/soph_facpubs/381
10.1111/j.1751-9861.2011.00073.x
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