Journal of Traumatic Stress
1573-6598
0894-9867
Cơ quản chủ quản: WILEY , Wiley-Blackwell
Lĩnh vực:
Clinical PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental Health
Các bài báo tiêu biểu
National Estimates of Exposure to Traumatic Events and PTSD Prevalence Using<i>DSM-IV</i>and<i>DSM-5</i>Criteria
Tập 26 Số 5 - Trang 537-547 - 2013
A developmental approach to complex PTSD: Childhood and adult cumulative trauma as predictors of symptom complexity Abstract Exposure to multiple traumas, particularly in childhood, has been proposed to result in a complex of symptoms that includes posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as a constrained, but variable group of symptoms that highlight self‐regulatory disturbances. The relationship between accumulated exposure to different types of traumatic events and total number of different types of symptoms (symptom complexity) was assessed in an adult clinical sample (N = 582) and a child clinical sample (N = 152). Childhood cumulative trauma but not adulthood trauma predicted increasing symptom complexity in adults. Cumulative trauma predicted increasing symptom complexity in the child sample. Results suggest that Complex PTSD symptoms occur in both adult and child samples in a principled, rule‐governed way and that childhood experiences significantly influenced adult symptoms.
Tập 22 Số 5 - Trang 399-408 - 2009
Disorders of extreme stress: The empirical foundation of a complex adaptation to trauma
Tập 18 Số 5 - Trang 389-399 - 2005
Longitudinal linkages between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms: Sequential roles of social causation and social selection Abstract The authors examined social causation and social selection explanations for the association between perceptions of social support and psychological distress. Data came from a sample of 557 victims of natural disaster in Mexico. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that social causation (more social support leading to less posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) explained the support‐to‐distress relationship in the earlier postdisaster phase, 6 to 12 months after the impact. Both causal mechanisms emerged as significant paths in the midpoint of the study (12 and 18 months). Only social selection (more PTSD leading to less social support) accounted for the support‐to‐distress relationship at 18 to 24 months after the event. Interpersonal and social dynamics of disasters may explain why these two contrasting causal mechanisms emerged over time.
Tập 21 Số 3 - Trang 274-281 - 2008
The quality of the intimate relationships of male Vietnam veterans: Problems associated with posttraumatic stress disorder Abstract This study examined the quality of the intimate relationships of male Vietnam veterans. Heterosexual couples in which the veteran had posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; n = 26) were compared to couples in which the veteran did not have PTSD (n = 24). Over 70% of the PTSD veterans and their partners reported clinically significant levels of relationship distress compared to only about 30% of the non‐PTSD couples. Relationship difficulties appeared to encompass a wide range of areas, with PTSD veterans and their partners reporting that they had more problems in their relationships, more difficulties with intimacy, and had taken more steps toward separation and divorce than the non‐PTSD veterans and their partners. The degree of relationship distress was correlated with the severity of veterans' PTSD symptoms, particularly symptoms of emotional numbing. Research and clinical implications of the results are discussed.
Tập 11 Số 1 - Trang 87-101 - 1998
Accumulated childhood trauma and symptom complexity Abstract The relationship between accumulated exposure to different types of traumatic events (cumulative trauma) in childhood and the total number of different types of symptomatology reported (symptom complexity) in adulthood was examined in a sample of 2,453 female university students. There was a linear relationship between the number of trauma types experienced by participants before 18 and symptom complexity. This effect remained even when controlling for specific traumatic events, suggesting a generalized effect of cumulative trauma.
Tập 21 Số 2 - Trang 223-226 - 2008
Which instruments are most commonly used to assess traumatic event exposure and posttraumatic effects?: A survey of traumatic stress professionals
Tập 18 Số 5 - Trang 541-545 - 2005
Clinical applications of the attachment framework: Relational treatment of complex trauma
Tập 18 Số 5 - Trang 449-459 - 2005
Spirituality, resilience, and anger in survivors of violent trauma: A community survey Abstract This study evaluates the relationship between spirituality, resilience, anger and health status, and posttraumatic symptom severity in trauma survivors. A community sample (N = 1,200) completed an online survey that included measures of resilience, spirituality (general beliefs and reincarnation), anger, forgiveness, and hatred. In survivors of violent trauma (n = 648), these measures were evaluated with respect to their relationship to physical and mental health, trauma‐related distress, and posttraumatic symptom severity. Using multivariate regression models, general spiritual beliefs and anger emerged in association with each outcome, whereas resilience was associated with health status and posttraumatic symptom severity only. Forgiveness, hatred, and beliefs in reincarnation were not associated with outcome. The importance of these findings to treating trauma survivors is discussed.
- 2003