Ethnic Identity and Coping as Factors in Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of White, African American, and Latino Men

The focus of this study was to examine ethnic identity and coping style as potential factors in the development of Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms. This study obtained information from 381 undergraduate students at various universities and examined these variables using three instruments: the Brief COPE (Carver, 1997), the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (Weathers, Litz, Herman, Huska, & Keane, 1993), and the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (Phinney, 1992). Correlation and multiple regression analyses were used to examine the relationships among these variables. Multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) were used to examine differences in ethnic identity, coping style, and Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms between and among the racial groups of the sample. The relevant peer-reviewed literature as well as limitations to this study and future directions for research were discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Campus Only Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Psychology

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Arnold, Jason Matthew

Contributors dc:contributor

• Asner-Self, Kimberly

• coping
• identity
• men
• minorities
• PTSD
• trauma

Repository record dc:identifier

https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/328

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:dissertations-1328