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Table 6 Coping strategies as a predictor of psychological distress following disaster relief work

From: The usefulness of pre-employment and pre-deployment psychological screening for disaster relief workers: a systematic review

Disorder

Papers reporting significant association with disorder / papers reporting non-significant association with disorder

PTSD

Confrontive coping / [7, 26]

Seeking social support / [7, 26]

Self-control / [7, 26]

Accepting responsibility / [7, 26]

Avoidance [7] / [14]

Planned problem solving / [7, 26]

Positive reappraisal [7] / [26]

Psychological distress / morbidity

Confrontive coping [7, 26]

Seeking social support [14] / [7]

Self-control / [7, 26]

Accepting responsibility [26] / [7]

Avoidance [26] / [7]

Planned problem solving [26] / [7]

Positive reappraisal [26] / [7]