September 11th's Self Perceived Benefits

AP Psychology Review of Scholarly Article September 11th’s Indirect Perceived Benefits

Rhonda Swickert et al. tried to see if there were any perceived benefits in people who were indirectly affected by the traumatic event of September 11th. This research emerges in a crowded field of 9/11 research, more than 1,000 psychology articles in the authors’ own admissions (574). In Response to the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: Experience of an Indirect Traumatic Event and Its Relationship With Perceived Benefits, the authors use a variety of tests to see how participants respond how they are feeling 2 weeks and 2 months after September 11th. They primarily used the Perceived Benefits Scales (PBS) to measure 8 types of perceived benefits people feel.

I do not remember September 11th that well since I was in 5th grade when those terrorist attacks happened. However I do remember that afterwards there was a lot of Patriotic feelings and flag waving. From what I remember people seemed to come together as a community after 9/11 and had increased connections with their families. The findings of the report confirm this.

The author’s goal in preparing this report was to do more research about 9/11. Other researchers have already proved that exposure to traumatic events can cause people to rekindle their sense of community. As stated before there are many psychology articles concerning 9/11. This report merely seems to link the two findings in a way which it seems that they would be connected. I also have the suspicion that