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<br />67 <br /> <br />strong enough that it still remained even after including early psychological <br />distress levels. <br />The second and third studies attempted to determine the importance of <br />CSE in individuals who were facing the compounding stress of dealing with <br />hurricane recovery on top of coping with a serious disease. We recruited 36 <br />HIV-positive, mildly symptomatic (non-AIDS) gay men between the ages of <br />18 and 50 who underwent the stress of Hurricane Andrew and were assessed <br />within six months of the storm. Mean age for these participants was 36.4 <br />years (SD=9.6). Ninety-one percent had at least some college education. <br />Results suggested again that greater levels of CSE were related to less <br />emotional distress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. In <br />addition, greater CSE was associated <br /> <br />Benight <br /> <br />Coping Self-Efficacy Scale for Hurricane Recovery <br /> <br />7 <br />I'm totally <br />capable <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />Perceptions of Coping Self-efficacy <br />3 4 5 <br />I <br /> <br />m moderately <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />Table 1 <br /> <br />1 <br />I'm not at all <br />capable <br /> <br />capable <br /> <br />Extent Are You Capable of. <br />Maintaining persona security-protecting <br />property <br /> <br />yourself and your <br /> <br />either <br /> <br />Maintaining financial security-obtaining financial <br />through employment or assistance. <br /> <br />Maintaining housing and food-negotiating insurance claims or <br />FEMA claims, dealing with contractors or landlords, keeping food <br />fresh, etc <br /> <br />resources <br /> <br />To What <br />1. <br /> <br />2. <br />3 <br /> <br />Maintaining intimacy and calm within the family-feeling close and <br />avoiding conflict with loved ones <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />losses caused by the storm-loss of connec- <br />loss of treasured belongings, and so on <br /> <br />Dealing with personal <br />tions to loved ones, <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />banking <br /> <br />since the storm- <br /> <br />shopping <br /> <br />Dealing with the emotions you've experienced <br />such as anger, anxiety or depression? <br /> <br />routine-grocery <br />and so on? <br /> <br />Going back to normal <br />schools. gas stations, work <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />7 <br />