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This article reports a subset of findings from a mixed-methods study reporting the emotional impacts of the February 2011 earthquake on a small sample of twenty Christchurch teachers, who functioned as first responders when this struck while they were on duty at school. This article reports a qualitative analysis of their retrospectively reported emotions experienced at the impact of the disaster and early aftermath, through the lens of Lazarus's (1991) cognitive-motivational-relational emotion theory. Focusing on the emotions and appraisals as discussed in a narrative context, the qualitative findings provide support for Lazarus's core relational themes for fright/fear, anxiety and relief. The teachers' retrospective appraisals and core relational themes supported previous emotion appraisal research. The emotion findings also resonate with other Christchurch earthquake research findings. Keywords: fear anxiety and relief, cognitive appraisals, core relational themes, teachers' emotions, February earthquake 2011., Introduction On Tuesday 22nd February 2011, routine lunchtime was underway in education settings throughout Christchurch, New Zealand, when a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the city. Hearing the rumble of a [...]

Premorbid IQ estimates are used to determine decline in cognitive functioning following trauma or illness. This study aimed to: 1) further validate the New Zealand Adult Reading Test (NZART) in a New Zealand population and compare its performance to the UK developed National Adult Reading Test, and 2) develop regression formulae for the NZART to estimate Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV (WAIS-IV) IQ scores. The 67 participants (53 females; 16 Maori), aged 16 to 90 years old (mean age = 46.07, SD 23.21) completed the WASI-IV, the NART and the NZART. The NZART predicted Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI) scores slightly better than the NART (r = .63 vs. r = .62) and explained 33% of the variance in FSIQ scores. Reasons for developing regression formulae for the NZART are discussed, regression formulas for the NZART based on the WAIS-IV are included and suggestions of alternate ways of determining premorbid IQ are made. Keywords: National Adult Reading Test (NART); New Zealand Adult Reading Test (NZART); premorbid IQ; cross cultural differences; IQ estimation, WAIS-IV, Neuropsychological assessments are frequently conducted to evaluate changes in cognitive functioning resulting from brain injury or degenerative decline (Lezak, 2004). To evaluate cognitive decline, comparisons between current and premorbid functioning [...]