Levels of functional impairment following a civilian disaster: the Beverly Hills supper club fire.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1983Description: 8p., 19 refsReport number: CommercialSubject: Disaster psychologySubject: Disaster researchSubject: Fire investigationsSubject: Stress (psychology)Subject: The Present study reports on levels of psychological functioning of survivors of the Beverley Hills Supper Club fire. Subjects (n = 117) who were at the fire and 30 subjects who were not at the fire (bereaved families, rescue workers) were assessed regarding objective stressfulness of their fire experience, subjective stressfulness, and intensity of psychological symptoms (using the Psychiatric Evaluation Form) in a structured clinical interview approximately 1 year after the fire. They also filled out the Symptom Checklist-90. Revised Version (SCL-90R). Eighty-eight subjects were followed up at 2 years. The latter group improved significantly on several measures from 1 to 2 years postfire, whereas the group at the fire showed little change. The results are discussed in the context of the specific instruments and methodology used in the present study, impairment levels of other samples, and the nature of the particular disaster
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Reprinted from Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983; Vol 51 No 4; pp573-580
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Disaster psychology
Disaster research
Fire investigations
Stress (psychology)
The Present study reports on levels of psychological functioning of survivors of the Beverley Hills Supper Club fire. Subjects (n = 117) who were at the fire and 30 subjects who were not at the fire (bereaved families, rescue workers) were assessed regarding objective stressfulness of their fire experience, subjective stressfulness, and intensity of psychological symptoms (using the Psychiatric Evaluation Form) in a structured clinical interview approximately 1 year after the fire. They also filled out the Symptom Checklist-90. Revised Version (SCL-90R). Eighty-eight subjects were followed up at 2 years. The latter group improved significantly on several measures from 1 to 2 years postfire, whereas the group at the fire showed little change. The results are discussed in the context of the specific instruments and methodology used in the present study, impairment levels of other samples, and the nature of the particular disaster
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