Post traumatic stress disorder

Attachment and Coping as Facilitators of Posttraumatic Growth in Turkish University Students Experiencing Traumatic Events

by Gizem Arikan

Arikan, G. & Karanci, N. (2012).  Attachment and Coping as
Facilitators of Posttraumatic Growth in Turkish University Students Experiencing Traumatic Events, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 13:2, 209-225.

This study was designed to explore the role of attachment and
coping as facilitators of posttraumatic growth... more This study was designed to explore the role of attachment and
coping as facilitators of posttraumatic growth (PTG) in a sample
of Turkish university students who experienced traumatic life
events. Participants who reported a traumatic event from a list
were asked to choose the most distressing one; to answer questions related to the impact of the trauma; and to fill out measures of attachment styles, ways of coping, and PTG. PTG was regressed on gender, trauma-related factors, attachment styles, and coping styles in order to examine the associations with PTG. Felt helplessness and horror, fatalistic coping, and optimistic coping were significant predictors of PTG. Fatalistic coping partially mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and PTG.
KEYWORDS posttraumatic growth, attachment styles, coping
styles

Posttraumatic Stress and Its Effective Treatment

by Hugo Rabson

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder – also known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD – is the latest term to delineate... more Posttraumatic Stress Disorder – also known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD – is the latest term to delineate the lasting symptoms of emotional trauma. PTSD has been called combat stress reaction, war neurosis, battle fatigue, shell shock, lack of moral fiber, the soldier’s heart, and Da Costa's Syndrome. It later came to be used to describe the symptoms of post-traumatic stress suffered by civilians who, like military personnel, can suffer from the disorder. Existing treatments have the potential to bring relief to sufferers. However, in view of the dearth of rigorous research on the subject, it would be prudent to conduct additional research in line with clearly defined target symptoms, reliable measures, and proper training of clinicians, and replicable treatment programs.

Clinical assessment of sufferer of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by Hugo Rabson

Trauma and Performance: Maps, narratives and folds

by Patrick Duggan

Published in 'Performance Research: On Trauma', Vol 16, No 1.

Co-authored with Mick Wallis

Predictive Role of Hardiness on Psychological Symptomatology of University Students Experienced Earthquake

by Mithat Durak

Hardiness, perceived social support, coping styles, emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping, stress, earthquake experience, psychological symptomatology, university students

The present study intended to investigate the role of stress and the predictive values of stress resistance factors on... more The present study intended to investigate the role of stress and the predictive values of stress resistance factors on psychological symptomatology and to examine the psychometric properties of Personal View Survey III-R (PVS III-R) in order to demonstrate the utility of the scale in Turkey. Predictive values of hardiness, perceived social support and coping styles were investigated on psychological symptomatology for different student samples formed on the basis of their earthquake experience level. Totally, 380 students from Middle East Technical University and Abant İzzet Baysal University participated in the present study. The subjects were given the Turkish version of Life Events Inventory for University Students (LEIU), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), The Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI), Personal Views Survey III-R, and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). The internal consistency and the concurrent validity of PVS III-R were satisfactory however the components of the scale were not differentiable according to the factor analysis. Hierarchical multiple regression analyzes confirmed the significant predictive value of stress resistance factors on symptomatology and the moderator role of hardiness in the relationship between stress and symptomatology. Also, hardiness had a significant predictive value beyond the stress level and other stress resistance factors for non-experienced earthquake students. On the other hand, the predictive strength of hardiness on symptomatology was not beyond stress and other stress resistance factors for the students who experienced earthquake. Emotion-focused coping and perceived social support predicted a significant portion of psychological symptomatology beyond the stress level and other variables for experienced earthquake students. The results demonstrated that hardiness seemed to be effective in predicting psychological symptomatology as well as stress, coping styles and perceived social support however its role might be questionable for traumatic events perceived as far beyond control. After discussion of the results in terms of theoretical and methodological perspectives, the limitations of the present study and the suggestions for future research were also handled.

Factors associated with posttraumatic growth among the spouses of myocardial infarction patients

by Mithat Durak

Key Words: cognitive processing, environmental factors, individual factors, myocardial infarction patients, posttraumatic growth, spouses of myocardial infarction patients

To clarify the rationale behind Posttraumatic Growth (PTG), a model by Schaefer and Moos describes the relative... more To clarify the rationale behind Posttraumatic Growth (PTG), a model by Schaefer and Moos describes the relative contribution of environmental resources, individual resources, event related factors, cognitive processing and coping (CPC) on PTG. In the present study, this model was tested with the spouses of myocardial infarction patients with data from various hospitals in Turkey. A structural equation model revealed that neither individual nor environmental resources had indirect effects on PTG through the effect of event-related factors and CPC, while they showed direct effects on PTG. The findings were discussed in the context of the theoretical model.

Factors Associated with Posttraumatic Growth Among Myocardial Infarction Patients: Perceived Social Support, Perception of the Event and Coping

by Mithat Durak

Key Words: Posttraumatic growth, Perceived social support, Perception of the event, Coping, Myocardial infarction patients

Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) is accepted as positive transformations that are a product of struggling with significant... more Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) is accepted as positive transformations that are a product of struggling with significant stressors such as chronic illness. A model, conceptualized by Schaefer and Moos (Posttraumatic growth: Positive changes in the aftermath of crisis, pp 99–126, 1998), suggests a relative contribution of environmental and individual resources, perception of the event (PE) and coping in the development of PTG. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of perceived social support (PSS), PE and coping on PTG. This model was tested in a sample of patients with myocardial infarction (MIP, N = 148) from various hospitals in Turkey. The structural equation analysis of the model revealed that PSS was significantly related to PTG through the effect of coping. While coping was significantly and directly related to PTG, PE was not. The findings are discussed in the context of the theoretical model with suggestions for future research.

Liminaridade e metamorfose

by Luís Quintais

Post-Traumatic Symptoms and Thought Control Strategies Among Aging Hidden Jewish Children

by Delphine Grynberg

Fohn, A. Grynberg, D., & Luminet, O.

This study examined the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and the coping strategies of 51... more This study examined the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and the coping strategies of 51 aging hidden children (28 women and 23 men) 65 years after the Holocaust. Results indicated a positive relation between age and PTSD symptoms that was fully mediated by sense of danger and education. Regression analyses showed that lower educational level (beta= .32) and more reappraisals (beta= .38) were associated with severity of PTSD symptoms. Reappraisal also predicted intrusions (beta= .36) and arousal
(beta= .37).

Nightmares: a new neurocognitive model (2007)

by Tore Nielsen

Vicarious Exposure to Trauma and Growth in Therapists: The Moderating Effects of Sense of Coherence, Organisational Support and Empathy

by Rachel Msetfi

Brockhouse, R., Msetfi, R. M., Cohen, K., & Joseph, S. (2011, In press). Vicarious Exposure to Trauma and Growth in Therapists: The Moderating Effects of Sense of Coherence, Organisational Support and Empathy. The Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Therapists who work with traumatised individuals can experience psychological growth following this vicarious exposure... more Therapists who work with traumatised individuals can experience psychological growth following this vicarious exposure to trauma. The purpose of the present study is to examine the variables that may moderate such vicarious posttraumatic growth. Therapists (N=118) completed measures of vicarious exposure to trauma and growth, as well as empathy, sense of coherence and perceived organisational support. Results showed that having a strong sense of coherence negatively predicted growth whereas empathy was a positive predictor. Empathy also moderated the exposure to growth relationship when growth involved relating to others. Organisational support did not predict growth. This has implications for the recruitment, training and supervision of therapists working with individuals who have experienced trauma.

Mesmer’s ghost: A new approach to treating trauma conjures up shades of history.

by Wendy Cousins

Cousins, W. (2011) Review of the Book "When the Past is Always Present" by R.A.Ruden. PsycCRITIQUES, Vol 56(25) doi:10.1037/a0023692

Reviews the book, When the past is always present: Emotional traumatization, causes, and cures by R. A. Ruden Reviews the book, When the past is always present: Emotional traumatization, causes, and cures by R. A. Ruden

Public Perceptions of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

by Dan Powers

with Daniel Poole, Western Social Science Association, Reno, Nevada April 14-17, 2010

Hundreds of thousands of veterans are returning from service in major conflicts. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)... more Hundreds of thousands of veterans are returning from service in major conflicts. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) diagnoses continue to increase. A hurdle to successful re-integration into society involves the perception of others. Vets have to find ways to overcome the ‘you have changed’ syndrome.  A major problem is that most people don’t understand PTSD as it relates to combat trauma.  Public perception is often based on a string of post Vietnam stereotypes.  Films such as Platoon and Rambo portray vets suffering from PTSD as time bombs waiting to explode; unstable men and women who are dangerously violent.  Empirical evidence demonstrates that most vets are not violent.  How do we change this perception?  How to we help those who protect our freedom? How do we educate people to understand veterans and the problems they face?  We seek to answer these questions in this paper.