The effects of direct versus witnessed threat on emergency department healthcare workers: Implications for PTSD Criterion A
| Autor: | Marci J. Regambal, Lynn E. Alden, Judith M. Laposa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Weakness Personality Inventory Health Personnel Allied Health Personnel Poison control Severity of Illness Index Suicide prevention Job Satisfaction Occupational safety and health Life Change Events Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Cognition Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention medicine Humans Psychiatry business.industry Stressor Fear Emergency department medicine.disease Occupational Diseases Personnel Hospital Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Female medicine.symptom Emergency Service Hospital business Anxiety disorder |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 22:1337-1346 |
| ISSN: | 0887-6185 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.01.013 |
| Popis: | We compared post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity and symptom cluster profiles in hospital emergency department (ED) medical staff (N=100) who experienced an emotionally distressing work event that presented either a direct threat to themselves or a witnessed threat to patients. The two groups displayed similar levels of PTSD symptoms, however, they differed on symptom profiles and work consequences. The direct threat group experienced significantly greater fear during the event, more ongoing arousal symptoms, and more job dissatisfaction than the witnessed threat group. The witnessed threat group was more likely to appraise their PTSD symptoms as reflecting personal weakness. Overall, the results point to the need for further research to identify distinctive features of responses to different types of traumatic stressors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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