Title:
Resident assistants' coping responses to ongoing psychosocial stressors and to a traumatic event on a university campus
Author:
Andrew M. Moon
Thesis Advisor:
Jeffrey M. Lating
Committee Member:
Beth A. Kotchick
Committee Member:
Matthew W. Kirkhart
Committee Member:
James Miracky
Committee Member:
Jen Lowry
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2013
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
It has been shown that leadership roles can have negative effects on individuals who assume them. The purpose of this study is to identify the negative outcomes that may result from the role of Resident Assistant (RA). RAs are being put into positions that have the potential to cause not only physical harm from exposure to traumatic events, but psychological impact from possible peer aggression, job dissatisfaction, and role conflict. The study queried 64 students (29 who were new to the role of RA and 35 who were returning to the role of RA) for their responses on a demographic questionnaire, the Brief COPE, Zung's Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), the UCLA Loneliness Scale, the Role Conflict Scale, and the PTSD Checklist Specific Version. Significant results were found regarding the use of emotional coping, such that those returning to the role used less emotional coping mechanisms, and regarding the increased level of distress related to the returning RAs' role in the interventions following a traumatic event on campus. Results may suggest increased resiliency of those in the role and the importance of relevant training for RAs. Further clinical implications, limitations, and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Subject:
Electronic dissertations
Degree:
Doctor of Clinical Psychology
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Psychology
Restrictions on Access:
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Identifier:
MoonAM-13
