Emergency work experience and reactions to traumatic incidentsJournal of Traumatic Stress - Tập 7 - Trang 575-585 - 1994
Carmen Moran, Neil R. Britton
The present study examined the association between volunteer emergency work experience, personality, and reactions to a past traumatic incident. Participants from randomly selected State Emergency Services and Volunteer Bushfire Brigade Units in New South Wales (Australia) completed four questionnaires. The data did not support the idea that emergency workers are hardier than most, or have particu...... hiện toàn bộ
Recent Victimization in Women and Men with Severe Mental Illness: Prevalence and CorrelatesJournal of Traumatic Stress - Tập 14 - Trang 615-632 - 2001
Lisa A. Goodman, Michelle P. Salyers, Kim T. Mueser, Stanley D. Rosenberg, Marvin Swartz, Susan M. Essock, Fred C. Osher, Marian I. Butterfield, Jeffrey Swanson
The problem of violence against individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) has received relatively little notice, despite several studies suggesting an exceptionally high prevalence of victimization in this population. This paper describes the results of an investigation of the prevalence and correlates of past year physical and sexual assault among a large sample of women and men with SMI drawn...... hiện toàn bộ
The Relationship Among Personality Variables, Exposure to Traumatic Events, and Severity of Posttraumatic Stress SymptomsJournal of Traumatic Stress - Tập 14 - Trang 29-45 - 2001
Dean Lauterbach, Scott Vrana
In examining predictors of posttraumatic stress, researchers have focused on trauma intensity and devoted less attention to other variables. This study examined how personality and demographic variables are related to the likelihood of experiencing a trauma, and to the severity of posttraumatic symptoms in a sample of 402 college students reporting a wide range of trauma. Elevations in antisocial ...... hiện toàn bộ
Coping Self-Efficacy Perceptions as a Mediator Between Acute Stress Response and Long-Term Distress Following Natural DisastersJournal of Traumatic Stress - Tập 15 - Trang 177-186 - 2002
Charles C. Benight, Michelle L. Harper
The mediating effect of coping self-efficacy (CSE) perceptions between acute stress responses (ASR) and 1-year distress following two disasters was tested. Between 3 and 8 weeks after the second disaster and again at 1 year, 46 residents completed questionnaires. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and global distress served as outcomes. Multiple regression demonstrated that ASR and Time...... hiện toàn bộ
Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Postwar Kosovo High School Students Using Mind–Body Skills Groups: A Pilot StudyJournal of Traumatic Stress - Tập 17 - Trang 143-147 - 2004
James S. Gordon, Julie K. Staples, Afrim Blyta, Murat Bytyqi
This preliminary study examined whether the practice of mind–body techniques decreases symptoms of posttraumatic stress in adolescents. Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Index questionnaires were collected from 139 high school students in Kosovo who participated in a 6-week program that included meditation, biofeedback, drawings, autogenic training, guided imagery, genograms, movement, and breathing t...... hiện toàn bộ
The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in the Vietnam generation: A multimethod, multisource assessment of psychiatric disorderJournal of Traumatic Stress - Tập 5 - Trang 333-363 - 1992
William E. Schlenger, Richard A. Kulka, John A. Fairbank, Richard L. Hough, B. Kathleen Jordan, Charles R. Marmar, Daniel S. Weiss
Findings from the Congressionally mandated National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study indicate that nearly one-half million Vietnam veterans—15.2% of the men and 8.5% of the women who served in Vietnam—suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) fifteen or more years after their military service. Current PTSD prevalence rates for Vietnam veterans are significantly and substantially higher ...... hiện toàn bộ
Anger regulation deficits in combat‐related posttraumatic stress disorderJournal of Traumatic Stress - Tập 10 Số 1 - Trang 17-36 - 1997
Claude M. Chemtob, Raymond W. Novaco, Roger S. Hamada, Douglas M. Gross, Gary Smith
AbstractWe describe a typology of regulatory deficits associated with anger in combat‐related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Cognitive, arousal, and behavioral domain deficits in anger regulation were observed clinically in PTSD patients with high levels of anger who were participating in a multi‐year trial of a structured anger treatment. We also describe a...... hiện toàn bộ