50 Years After Political Protest Violence, Posttraumatic Growth is Associated with PTSD and Anxiety but not Depression or Sleep Difficulties.

Autor: Rabinowitz EP; Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, 317 Kent Hall, 44240 Kent, OH USA., Sayer MA; Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, 317 Kent Hall, 44240 Kent, OH USA., Richeson AL; Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, 317 Kent Hall, 44240 Kent, OH USA., Samii MR; Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, 317 Kent Hall, 44240 Kent, OH USA., Kutash LA; Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, 317 Kent Hall, 44240 Kent, OH USA., Delahanty DL; Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, 317 Kent Hall, 44240 Kent, OH USA.; Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of applied positive psychology [Int J Appl Posit Psychol] 2023; Vol. 8 (1), pp. 195-210. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 26.
DOI: 10.1007/s41042-023-00085-7
Abstrakt: Rates of, and relationships between, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic growth (PTG) decades after a single-incident trauma remain unclear. During a two-month period surrounding the 50th anniversary of the political protest violence at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, 132 individuals completed measures of PTG, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and sleep difficulties. Participants were, on average, 19 years old (SD = 3.01) on May 4, 1970, and 44% were present at the protests. 17% met cutoff scores consistent with PTG, 6% for PTSD, 8% for anxiety, 11% for depression and 20% for sleep difficulties. PTG was significantly and positively correlated with PTSD ( r  = .32, 95% CI: 0.17-0.44) and anxiety ( r  = .23, 95% CI: 0.08-0.38) but not depression or sleep difficulties after controlling for additional trauma exposure since May 4, 1970. All relationships were best explained by linear rather than curvilinear relationships and were not moderated by proximity to the events of May 4, 1970. Results indicate that clinicians working with survivors of trauma decades later may be able to capitalize on the adaptive functions of PTG to foster positive treatment outcomes.
Competing Interests: Conflict of InterestThe authors have no actual or potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
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