Emotion Dysregulation Prospectively Predicts Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity 3 Months After Trauma Exposure
| Autor: | Matthew T. Tull, Daniel Rapport, Courtney N. Forbes, Hong Xie, Xin Wang, Brian Kaminski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Male Time Factors business.industry Symptom severity behavioral disciplines and activities Emotional Regulation Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Posttraumatic stress Logistic Models Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires mental disorders Disease Progression Humans Medicine Female Longitudinal Studies Risk factor business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Traumatic Stress. 33:1007-1016 |
| ISSN: | 1573-6598 0894-9867 |
| Popis: | Despite growing evidence in support of emotion dysregulation as a risk factor for the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following trauma exposure, few studies have examined temporal relations between emotion dysregulation and the onset and/or worsening of PTSD symptoms over time. The aim of the present study was to extend research on temporal associations between emotion dysregulation and PTSD in a sample of individuals recruited from hospital emergency departments soon after a traumatic event. Adult participants (N = 85; 62.4% female) completed self-report measures of emotion dysregulation and PTSD symptoms within 2 weeks of experiencing a traumatic event. Symptoms of PTSD were assessed approximately 3 months posttrauma. The results of a hierarchical linear regression analysis demonstrated that the inclusion of emotion dysregulation accounted for a significant amount of unique variance, β = .23, ΔR2 = .04, p = .042, in 3-month PTSD symptom severity over and above other risk factors and baseline PTSD symptoms. No specific facet of emotion dysregulation emerged as a significant predictor of 3-month PTSD symptoms when all facets were included on the same step of the model, βs = -.04-.33, ps = .133-.954. These results demonstrate that posttraumatic emotion dysregulation may predict PTSD symptoms 3 months after trauma exposure. These findings are consistent with a growing body of literature that speaks to the relevance of emotional processes to the onset and maintenance of PTSD following exposure to a traumatic event. |
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