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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms."”.
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Examining the role of grief in the etiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms in American Indian adolescents
The prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is reported to be comparatively high in child and adolescent populations (Reinherz, Gaiconia, Leftkowitz, Pakiz, & Frost,1993). However, recent research has suggested that there may be differing etiological factors, specifically, Child …
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Examining the role of grief in the etiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms in American Indian adolescents
The prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is reported to be comparatively high in child and adolescent populations (Reinherz, Gaiconia, Leftkowitz, Pakiz, & Frost,1993). However, recent research has suggested that there may be differing etiological factors, specifically, Child …
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Transgenerational Transmission Of Trauma In Second Generation Latino Children And Adolescents
… trauma involves the exhibition of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in subsequent generations in families with histories of trauma exposure. Multiple linear regression was conducted to explore the existence of a correlation between PTSD and depression in …
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Which Events Constitute Criteria A1 of PTSD? The Phenomenology of Psychological Trauma in Youth
… reported would be differentially related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and types of cognitive errors. Information regarding traumas and PTSD symptoms was collected through The Child PTSD Checklist from a sample of youth aged 6 to 17. A coding system was developed for …
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An Empirical Investigation of Moral Injury in Combat Veterans
… to lead to a guilt and shame-based syndrome of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, demoralization, self-handicapping, and self-injury. Although the moral injury construct has been gaining clinical and popular attention in recent years, little empirical research on a frequently cited …
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Parallel Processes of Posttraumatic Stress and Metabolic Dysfunction: Long-Term Costs of Trauma on the Psychological and Physical Health of 9/11 Survivors
… conditions (MetC) have been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and may be critical indicators of the systemic physical sequelae of traumatic stress. Parallel process latent growth modeling wasapplied to longitudinal data collected from 35,788 9/11 survivors and used …
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Factors affecting the relationship between trauma and illness behavior
… healthcare use are reported in recent studies. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and diagnosis have been found to mediate this trauma-illness relationship. Differences in health behaviors have additionally been noted in the literature, with trauma victims engaging in more negative …
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Testing A Brief Directive Intervention To Reduce Symptoms Associated With Trauma
… brief directive protocol (DP) aimed at reducing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and an expressive writing protocol (EW), which has more than a 30-year history (Pennebaker & Chung, 2011) of research showing mostly positive effects. The DP included components with research support …
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“I’m still fighting for the two of us”: How partners of UK veterans construct their experience of living with combat-related trauma
… United States or the Middle East, has employed a symptoms-based quantitative design, and has been largely focused on the experiences of male personnel. Additionally, most studies have concentrated their efforts on exploring the impact of deployment and trauma on the veteran themselves. This study …
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Ethnicity, Religious Coping, and Post-Disaster Support as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents
African Americans have reported higher levels of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms than their Caucasian counterparts in some studies. Variables hypothesized to contribute to differential levels of PTSD symptoms between African Americans and Caucasians that have not been adequately …
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Event Centrality After Trauma: Stability, Trauma Type, And Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
<p>In order to better understand posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and PTSD’s etiology, researchers have begun examining whether PTSD symptoms are related to the centrality of the traumatic event (i.e., whether the trauma is central to the individual’s life story and changes the way he …
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Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses : Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Like Symptoms
… reveals that they can suffer from severe stress related to exposure to critical incidents. These events can overwhelm an individual's ability for emotional adjustment leading to negative symptoms such as emotional numbing, mood changes, estrangement from friends or family, decreased …
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Finding Your Pulse: Insidious Trauma, Psychological Distress, and Collective Action Among Sexual Minority Latinx
… heterosexism) and foreigner objectification and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and psychological distress among U.S. sexual minority Latinx people. Additionally, group-specific collective action (i.e., ethnic/racial collective action, sexual minority collective action, immigration …
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Detailed item analyses of the Postraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): Use in public safety personnel
… to PPTE is associated with greater reporting of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. In a landmark study of Canadian PSP, more than 23% screen positively for PTSD. PSP depend on PTSD screening tools to comprehensively assess their symptoms as part of early warning systems that …
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Childhood Maltreatment and Romantic Relationship Functioning During Pregnancy: Women’s Narrative Coherence About Partners and Couples’ Conflict Communication and Recovery
… that CM was associated with higher levels of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, which were in turn linked to poorer narrative coherence about partners. These findings indicated that CM may contribute to traumatic intrusions that disrupt social information processing about partners, …
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The association among posttraumatic stress disorder clusters, problematic alcohol and cannabis use, and substance use motives.
… harmful consequences. The relationship between PTSD symptom clusters and substance misuse is complex and varies across studies, highlighting the need for targeted research, particularly in the young adult population given the demonstrated vulnerabilities. Identifying unique associations of PTSD …
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Mental health in forcibly displaced adults in Germany: Access and barriers to mental health service utilization, the impact of an insecure asylum status, and the moderating effect of perceived social support
… their home country, prevalence rates of mental disorders are comparably high in populations of forcibly displaced people (Bozorgmehr et al., 2016; Gäbel et al., 2006). Even though research in this area is growing, numbers and data vary widely across studies. In addition, although a significant …