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Table 7 Other predictors 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

Having children [54, 78] / [36]

Locus of control [73, 75]

Voluntary status [8, 70, 79] / [58]

Professional status [65] / [8, 58, 79]

Attachment style [49, 55, 78]

Childhood environment [53]

Anxiety

Having children / [54]

Voluntary status [79]

Professional status / [65, 79]

Depression

Having children [54] / [59]

Professional status / [65]

Psychological distress / morbidity

Locus of control [73, 75, 80]

Professional status [70] / [58, 65, 79]

Voluntary status [79] / [58, 70]

Reassured by physicians [63]

Attachment style [77, 78] / [49]

Stress

Having children / [59]

Somatic symptoms

Having children / [54]

Burnout

Having children / [36, 54]

Peritraumatic dissociation

Locus of control [64]

Having children / [59]

Fatigue

Reassured by physicians [63]

Quality of life

Reassured by physicians [63]

Resilience

Attachment style [49]