Joseph A Boscarino
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1742783 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Joseph A Boscarino |
| NOMBRES | Joseph A |
| APELLIDO | Boscarino |
| FIRMA | BOSCARINO J A |
| AFILIACIONES | Geisinger Health System |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9965-6805 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1979 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Validation of the Compassion Fatigue Short Scale among Portuguese firefighters
This study aimed to adapt the Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale to Portugal and examine the reliability and validity of the Portuguese version of the scale (Pt-CF-Short Scale) among Portuguese firefighters. The factor structure of the Pt-CF-Short Scale was compared to the one-factor model fit and a two-factor model and second-order factor model in a sample of 512 firefighters. Confirmatory factor analysis procedures confirmed the good fit of a secon…
Impact and Risk of Moral Injury Among Deployed Veterans
The impact of "moral injury" (MI) among deployed veterans, defined as actions in combat that violate a veteran's moral beliefs and result in psychological distress, has increasingly become a significant clinical concern separate from other trauma- and stressor-related disorders. MI involves severe distress over violations of core beliefs often followed by feelings of guilt and conflict and is common among veterans with PTSD. While the psychologic…
Mental and physical health status among chronic hepatitis B patients
Attitudes about Future Genetic Testing for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Addiction among Community-Based Veterans
This study explored attitudes toward hypothetical genetic testing for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and addiction among veterans. We surveyed a random sample of community-based veterans ( n = 700) by telephone. One year later, we asked the veterans to provide a DNA sample for analysis and 41.9% of them returned the DNA samples. Overall, most veterans were not interested in genetic testing neither for PTSD (61.7%) nor for addiction (68.7%).…
Grapheme-Color Synesthesia and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with altered neuropsychological function, possibly including complex visual information processing. Grapheme-color synesthesia refers to the phenomenon that a particular letter or number elicits the visual perception of a specific color. The study objective was to assess if grapheme-color synesthesia was associated with PTSD among US veterans. METHOD: We surveyed 700 veterans who were …
A Twin Study of the Association Between PTSD Symptoms and Rheumatoid Arthritis
OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to determine if this was due to PTSD or confounding by environmental and genetic factors. METHODS: Data were obtained from 3143 twin pairs in the Vietnam Era Twin Registry, which included male twin pairs who served during the Vietnam War era (mean age, 40.6 years; standard deviation, 2.9). Measurements included a PTSD symptom scale…
A Prospective Study of PTSD and Early-Age Heart Disease Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans
Objective: To examine prospectively early-age heart disease (HD) among a national random sample of 4328 male Vietnam veterans, who did not have HD at baseline in 1985. Studies have suggested that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may result in cardiovascular disease. However, many past studies had important methodological limitations to their designs. Method: Using Cox regressions, we assessed PTSD, age, race, intelligence, family history, obe…
Consistent Association Between Mixed Lateral Preference and PTSD
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the research-based association between mixed lateral preference for handedness and risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a large-scale sample of US Army Vietnam veterans exposed to war zone stressors. METHOD: We used a national sample of 2490 male US Army veterans, who completed the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI), a measure ranging from -100 (pure left-handedness) to +100 (pure right-handedness). We develop…
The Compassion Fatigue Scale
OBJECTIVE: The present study has two goals: to assess the difference between secondary trauma and job burnout and to examine the utility of secondary trauma in predicting psychological distress. METHOD: The data come from a survey of social workers (N = 236) living in New York City 20 months following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC). RESULTS: Social workers' involvement in WTC recovery efforts is related to seco…
The Environment in Pediatric Practice
A Propensity Score Analysis of Brief Worksite Crisis Interventions after the World Trade Center Disaster
BACKGROUND: Postdisaster crisis interventions have been viewed by some as appropriate to enhance the mental health status of persons affected by large-scale traumatic events. However, studies and systematic reviews have challenged the effectiveness of these efforts. OBJECTIVES: The focus of this study was to examine the impact of brief mental health interventions received by employees at the worksite after the World Trade Center disaster (WTCD) a…
Compassion fatigue and psychological distress among social workers
Few studies have focused on caring professionals and their emotional exhaustion from working with traumatized clients, referred to as compassion fatigue (CF). The present study had 2 goals: (a) to assess the psychometric properties of a CF scale, and (b) to examine the scale's predictive validity in a multivariate model. The data came from a survey of social workers living in New York City following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on th…
Social and psychological resources and health outcomes after the World Trade Center disaster
Stress and well-being in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack
In this study, we examine the relationship between exposure to the World Trade Center disaster (WTCD) and the well-being of adults living in New York City (NYC) at the time of the attacks by using a stress process model. One year after the attacks, we conducted a telephone survey of a cross-sectional random sample of city residents with an oversample of residents who had received mental health treatment since the attacks (N = 2,368). The survey g…
Higher Abnormal Leukocyte and Lymphocyte Counts 20 Years After Exposure to Severe Stress
OBJECTIVES: Research suggests that individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to develop medical conditions and other stress-related psychiatric disorders. Given these findings and others suggesting that PTSD victims may have altered neuroendocrine and immune systems, the hypothesis that Vietnam veterans with PTSD have abnormally high leukocyte and lymphocyte counts was tested. METHODS: The leukocyte and lymphocyte stat…
Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Community Socioeconomic Status
OBJECTIVES: Epidemiologic studies have linked adverse health outcomes to lower socioeconomic status (SES). To our knowledge, none have associated post-operative coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery survival to this risk factor. To assess this, we compared post-operative survival among 771 CABG patients from different SES communities in a Southeastern state 36 months after surgery (mean follow-up = 30 months). All patients were admitted to …
Diseases Among Men 20 Years After Exposure to Severe Stress
OBJECTIVE: Epidemiologic studies have linked exposure to severe environmental stress, such as natural disasters and combat operations, to the onset of specific psychiatric disorders. Some research also suggests that these exposures may be associated with the onset of chronic diseases as well. However, these chronic disease outcome studies often have been obscured by bias and confounding. METHOD: The medical histories of 1399 male Vietnam veterans…
Current Excessive Drinking Among Vietnam Veterans
Analysis of recent data collected in a 1977 U.S. national epidemiologic study of substance abuse revealed that Vietnam veterans (N = 87) had substantially higher levels of alcohol con sumption and binge drinking, than comparable groups of Vietnam "era" veterans with no Vietnam service (N = 107), other veterans (N = 483), and nonveterans (N = 2,600). Vietnam veterans and Vietnam era veterans also had a somewhat higher level of drug abuse than expe…
Patterns of alcohol among veterans and nonveterans
Analysis of alcohol consumption among veterans (N = 684) included in a 1977 national household survey of 3,322 adults confirmed previous findings based on 1975 national survey data. As previously found, higher levels of alcohol consumption were significantly related to being a veteran of U.S. military service. However, when demographic differences were adjusted between veterans and nonveterans, this was no longer the case. It was suggested that t…
Characteristics of Patients Referred to Alcoholism Treatment Centers
Data collected in a pilot study of 57 Alcoholism Treatment Centers were used to test the hypothesis that different racial, age, and sex groups were associated with different referral sources. Regression analysis was used to predict types of referral from specific demographic groups. The analysis confirmed the hypothesis, suggesting a possible discriminatory referral process
The Compassion Fatigue Scale
OBJECTIVE: The present study has two goals: to assess the difference between secondary trauma and job burnout and to examine the utility of secondary trauma in predicting psychological distress. METHOD: The data come from a survey of social workers (N = 236) living in New York City 20 months following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC). RESULTS: Social workers' involvement in WTC recovery efforts is related to seco…
Social and psychological resources and health outcomes after the World Trade Center disaster
The Environment in Pediatric Practice
Stress and well-being in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack
In this study, we examine the relationship between exposure to the World Trade Center disaster (WTCD) and the well-being of adults living in New York City (NYC) at the time of the attacks by using a stress process model. One year after the attacks, we conducted a telephone survey of a cross-sectional random sample of city residents with an oversample of residents who had received mental health treatment since the attacks (N = 2,368). The survey g…
Patterns of alcohol among veterans and nonveterans
Analysis of alcohol consumption among veterans (N = 684) included in a 1977 national household survey of 3,322 adults confirmed previous findings based on 1975 national survey data. As previously found, higher levels of alcohol consumption were significantly related to being a veteran of U.S. military service. However, when demographic differences were adjusted between veterans and nonveterans, this was no longer the case. It was suggested that t…
Characteristics of Patients Referred to Alcoholism Treatment Centers
Data collected in a pilot study of 57 Alcoholism Treatment Centers were used to test the hypothesis that different racial, age, and sex groups were associated with different referral sources. Regression analysis was used to predict types of referral from specific demographic groups. The analysis confirmed the hypothesis, suggesting a possible discriminatory referral process
Current Excessive Drinking Among Vietnam Veterans
Analysis of recent data collected in a 1977 U.S. national epidemiologic study of substance abuse revealed that Vietnam veterans (N = 87) had substantially higher levels of alcohol con sumption and binge drinking, than comparable groups of Vietnam "era" veterans with no Vietnam service (N = 107), other veterans (N = 483), and nonveterans (N = 2,600). Vietnam veterans and Vietnam era veterans also had a somewhat higher level of drug abuse than expe…
Patterns of alcohol among veterans and nonveterans
Analysis of alcohol consumption among veterans (N = 684) included in a 1977 national household survey of 3,322 adults confirmed previous findings based on 1975 national survey data. As previously found, higher levels of alcohol consumption were significantly related to being a veteran of U.S. military service. However, when demographic differences were adjusted between veterans and nonveterans, this was no longer the case. It was suggested that t…
Diseases Among Men 20 Years After Exposure to Severe Stress
OBJECTIVE: Epidemiologic studies have linked exposure to severe environmental stress, such as natural disasters and combat operations, to the onset of specific psychiatric disorders. Some research also suggests that these exposures may be associated with the onset of chronic diseases as well. However, these chronic disease outcome studies often have been obscured by bias and confounding. METHOD: The medical histories of 1399 male Vietnam veterans…
Higher Abnormal Leukocyte and Lymphocyte Counts 20 Years After Exposure to Severe Stress
OBJECTIVES: Research suggests that individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to develop medical conditions and other stress-related psychiatric disorders. Given these findings and others suggesting that PTSD victims may have altered neuroendocrine and immune systems, the hypothesis that Vietnam veterans with PTSD have abnormally high leukocyte and lymphocyte counts was tested. METHODS: The leukocyte and lymphocyte stat…
Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Community Socioeconomic Status
OBJECTIVES: Epidemiologic studies have linked adverse health outcomes to lower socioeconomic status (SES). To our knowledge, none have associated post-operative coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery survival to this risk factor. To assess this, we compared post-operative survival among 771 CABG patients from different SES communities in a Southeastern state 36 months after surgery (mean follow-up = 30 months). All patients were admitted to …
Stress and well-being in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack
In this study, we examine the relationship between exposure to the World Trade Center disaster (WTCD) and the well-being of adults living in New York City (NYC) at the time of the attacks by using a stress process model. One year after the attacks, we conducted a telephone survey of a cross-sectional random sample of city residents with an oversample of residents who had received mental health treatment since the attacks (N = 2,368). The survey g…
The Environment in Pediatric Practice
A Propensity Score Analysis of Brief Worksite Crisis Interventions after the World Trade Center Disaster
BACKGROUND: Postdisaster crisis interventions have been viewed by some as appropriate to enhance the mental health status of persons affected by large-scale traumatic events. However, studies and systematic reviews have challenged the effectiveness of these efforts. OBJECTIVES: The focus of this study was to examine the impact of brief mental health interventions received by employees at the worksite after the World Trade Center disaster (WTCD) a…
Compassion fatigue and psychological distress among social workers
Few studies have focused on caring professionals and their emotional exhaustion from working with traumatized clients, referred to as compassion fatigue (CF). The present study had 2 goals: (a) to assess the psychometric properties of a CF scale, and (b) to examine the scale's predictive validity in a multivariate model. The data came from a survey of social workers living in New York City following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on th…
Social and psychological resources and health outcomes after the World Trade Center disaster
Consistent Association Between Mixed Lateral Preference and PTSD
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the research-based association between mixed lateral preference for handedness and risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a large-scale sample of US Army Vietnam veterans exposed to war zone stressors. METHOD: We used a national sample of 2490 male US Army veterans, who completed the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI), a measure ranging from -100 (pure left-handedness) to +100 (pure right-handedness). We develop…
The Compassion Fatigue Scale
OBJECTIVE: The present study has two goals: to assess the difference between secondary trauma and job burnout and to examine the utility of secondary trauma in predicting psychological distress. METHOD: The data come from a survey of social workers (N = 236) living in New York City 20 months following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC). RESULTS: Social workers' involvement in WTC recovery efforts is related to seco…
A Prospective Study of PTSD and Early-Age Heart Disease Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans
Objective: To examine prospectively early-age heart disease (HD) among a national random sample of 4328 male Vietnam veterans, who did not have HD at baseline in 1985. Studies have suggested that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may result in cardiovascular disease. However, many past studies had important methodological limitations to their designs. Method: Using Cox regressions, we assessed PTSD, age, race, intelligence, family history, obe…
A Twin Study of the Association Between PTSD Symptoms and Rheumatoid Arthritis
OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to determine if this was due to PTSD or confounding by environmental and genetic factors. METHODS: Data were obtained from 3143 twin pairs in the Vietnam Era Twin Registry, which included male twin pairs who served during the Vietnam War era (mean age, 40.6 years; standard deviation, 2.9). Measurements included a PTSD symptom scale…
Grapheme-Color Synesthesia and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with altered neuropsychological function, possibly including complex visual information processing. Grapheme-color synesthesia refers to the phenomenon that a particular letter or number elicits the visual perception of a specific color. The study objective was to assess if grapheme-color synesthesia was associated with PTSD among US veterans. METHOD: We surveyed 700 veterans who were …
Attitudes about Future Genetic Testing for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Addiction among Community-Based Veterans
This study explored attitudes toward hypothetical genetic testing for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and addiction among veterans. We surveyed a random sample of community-based veterans ( n = 700) by telephone. One year later, we asked the veterans to provide a DNA sample for analysis and 41.9% of them returned the DNA samples. Overall, most veterans were not interested in genetic testing neither for PTSD (61.7%) nor for addiction (68.7%).…
Mental and physical health status among chronic hepatitis B patients
Impact and Risk of Moral Injury Among Deployed Veterans
The impact of "moral injury" (MI) among deployed veterans, defined as actions in combat that violate a veteran's moral beliefs and result in psychological distress, has increasingly become a significant clinical concern separate from other trauma- and stressor-related disorders. MI involves severe distress over violations of core beliefs often followed by feelings of guilt and conflict and is common among veterans with PTSD. While the psychologic…
Validation of the Compassion Fatigue Short Scale among Portuguese firefighters
This study aimed to adapt the Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale to Portugal and examine the reliability and validity of the Portuguese version of the scale (Pt-CF-Short Scale) among Portuguese firefighters. The factor structure of the Pt-CF-Short Scale was compared to the one-factor model fit and a two-factor model and second-order factor model in a sample of 512 firefighters. Confirmatory factor analysis procedures confirmed the good fit of a secon…
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