Peritraumatic dissociation and experiential avoidance as predictors of posttraumatic stress symptomatology

This study examined whether peritraumatic dissociation serves as a proxy risk factor for experiential avoidance in its relationship with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. One hundred eighty-five trauma survivors completed measures that assessed for peritraumatic dissociation, expe...

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Published inBehaviour research and therapy Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 569 - 583
Main Authors Marx, Brian P., Sloan, Denise M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2005
Elsevier Science
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Avoidance
Avoidance Learning
Behavior modification
Biological and medical sciences
Dissociation
Dissociative Disorders - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Post traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic stress
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regression Analysis
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute - psychology
Survivors
Trauma
Dissociation
Trauma
Posttraumatic stress
Avoidance
Human
Symptomatology
Posttraumatic syndrome
Anxiety disorder
Predictive factor
Stress
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Summary:This study examined whether peritraumatic dissociation serves as a proxy risk factor for experiential avoidance in its relationship with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. One hundred eighty-five trauma survivors completed measures that assessed for peritraumatic dissociation, experiential avoidance, and PTSD symptom severity. The results indicated that peritraumatic dissociation and experiential avoidance were significantly related to PTSD symptomatology at baseline. However, after initial levels of PTSD symptomatology were taken into account, only experiential avoidance was related to PTSD symptoms both 4- and 8-weeks later. These results indicate that peritraumatic dissociation is not a proxy risk factor for experiential avoidance and contributes to the growing body of literature indicating that experiential avoidance is an important factor related to the psychological symptoms experienced by trauma survivors.
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ISSN:0005-7967
1873-622X
DOI:10.1016/j.brat.2004.04.004