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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"PTSS"”.
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Identification of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Post-ICU Patients
… are experiencing post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS) as a result of life-saving interventions received in the intensive care unit (ICU). PTSS is associated with poor patient outcomes and decreased quality of life compared to post-ICU patients without PTSS. Personal and clinical characteristics …
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Icelandic emergency responders
… PTSD diagnosis and severity of PTSD symptoms (PTSS) based on the PCL-5 differed between emergency groups. Third, explore how troubling the PTSS were in everyday life. Fourth, to determine if social support from significant others, family, friends and co-workers will be associated with lower …
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Posttraumatic stress symptoms in young people with cancer and their siblings
… to include posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). However, to date very little research has been completed in the UK to investigate these symptoms. Furthermore, previous research has been limited by lack of adherence to mainstream theoretical accounts of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …
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Risk Assessment and Management of Petroleum Transportation Systems Operations
Petroleum Transportation Systems (PTSs) have a significant impact on the flow of crude oil within a Petroleum Supply Chain (PSC), due to the great demand on this natural product. Such systems are used for safe movement of crude and/or refined products from starting points (i.e. production sites or …
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Does Resilience Moderate the Relation Between Caregiver Behaviors and Post-Traumatic Symptoms in Young Adults?
… maladjustment and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). As such, researchers continue investigating potential risk and protective factors contributing to youth post-trauma adjustment. Considering their critical role in children’s development, caregivers likely play a key role in youth post-trauma …
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Mechanisms of social dysfunction and treatment-related change in Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
… decrease posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) [3, 4, 5, 6], but do not directly target social dysfunction. In the current study, we investigate deficits in two potential mechanisms: trust and social responsiveness. We propose to use the iterated Trust Game [7, 8]– an economic exchange …
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Ethnic Identity And Awareness Of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: A Mixed Methods Approach
<p>Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS) is based on the hypothesis that African Americans may face, and yet be largely unaware of, the influence of generational trauma from the slave trade, as well as, what African Americans believe about the concept, and who believes what. While PTSS may be …
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An Experimental Test of the Effects of Social Conflict on Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Alcohol Craving
… suffering from posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), hazardous alcohol use, and the combination of these two conditions, and is thought to maintain both PTSS and hazardous alcohol use. Fortunately, social conflict is malleable, but there is little evidence to date examining social conflict as a …
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Facial Expression Discrimination in Adults Experiencing Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
… the impact of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) on adults’ ability to discriminate between various facial expressions of emotions. Additionally, the study examined whether individuals reporting PTSS exhibited an attentional bias toward threat-related facial expressions of emotions. The …
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The Role of Resilience in Sexual Assault Revictimization
… specifically post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Yet, 75% of individuals recover following sexual assault. It is possible that resilience factors may play a crucial role in facilitating recovery. However, relatively little is understood about how resilience might operate in the context of …
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Development of the Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms -- Childhood Obesity Model
… parents have posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) or PTSD. A literature review provided the basis for the model and covered the areas of childhood obesity, parental PTSS, childhood PTSD, adverse childhood experiences, relational PTSD, ineffective parent support, and the stress response. A …
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Posttraumatic stress and growth symptoms in parents of premature infants: The role of rumination type and social support.
… report rates of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and PTG in parents of premature babies, 4-8 weeks after discharge from the Neonatal Unit (NNU) or Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The study also aimed to explore the role of intrusive and deliberate rumination and social support in the …
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ACADEMIC OUTCOMES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: THE ROLE OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, SELF-COMPASSION, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY
… the role of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) was investigated as a mediator between sexual assault and academic outcomes. As well, psychological flexibility, defined as “the ability to be in the present moment with full awareness and openness to our experience, and to take action guided …
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Investigating Racial and Ethnic Differences in Help-Seeking Recommendations and Intentions for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Symptom Clusters
… concerns such as posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Despite this elevated risk, REM populations consistently underutilize mental health services. Although several explanations have been proposed—including differences in symptom recognition, perceived need for care, cultural values, mental …
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A multimethod examination of the relevance of executive control to disgust and mental contamination among female sexual assault survivors.
… sexual assault to posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and researchers have sought to better understand how disgust and mental contamination may contribute to PTSS following sexual assault. Existing literature points to the possibility that executive control deficits are important in …
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The Impact of Prolonged Exposure Therapy on Medication Adherence and Quality of Life in People Living with HIV: A Randomized Controlled Trial
… (i.e., posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms [PTSS] and depressive symptoms) that may interfere with optimal medication adherence and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). The adverse consequences of non-adherence and diminished HR-QOL, including reduced length of survival, highlight the …
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A Trauma-Informed Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Pediatric Oncology Patients
… from baseline to intervention, for one parent's PTSS (R = -0.711, p = .027) and another parent's PTSS reduction approached significance (R = -0.747, p = .055). Comparatively, no significant reduction was found for child PTSS. One child showed a significant improvement in coping efficacy (R = …
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Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Personnel.
… approximately 20% suffered from partial PTSD or PTSS. The results suggest that there are high levels of PTSD within the EMS community, especially in women. This study also suggests that CISD does not help with PTSD symptoms and may actually worsen them.</p>
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The role of appraisal in the development of posttraumatic stress disorder and social anxiety disorder
… and had clinically significant PTSD symptoms (PTSS group), to a comparison group of women who did not meet criteria for PTSD. Results showed that the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI) distinguished between the two groups, regardless of the type of threat experienced. There were no …
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Psychosocial Factors and Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Cancer
… self-report measures of depression, anxiety, PTSS, parent-child conflict, emotion coaching and their child’s psychological adjustment and HRQOL at 1-, 6- and 12-months post-diagnosis. Data were analyzed using multi-level models. Child HRQOL increased over the first year of treatment. Child …
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