abstract：:The diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder has been criticized on numerous grounds, but principally for three reasons (a) the alleged pathologizing of normal events, (b) the inadequacy of Criterion A, and (c) symptom overlap with other disorders. The authors review these problems along with arguments why the diagn...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Brewin CR,Lanius RA,Novac A,Schnyder U,Galea S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information exists on the lifetime prevalence of traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the general population of the Netherlands. A national representative sample of 1087 adults aged 18 to 80 years was selected using random digit dialing and then surveyed by telephone using the Composite ...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： de Vries GJ,Olff M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the relationship between childhood abuse and obesity in young adulthood (M age = 22) in a large, U.S. representative sample (N = 15,197). Controlling for demographics and depression, men with a history of childhood sexual abuse were at increased risk of overweight and obesity. No association b...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Fuemmeler BF,Dedert E,McClernon FJ,Beckham JC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A better understanding of factors influencing human responses to acute stress is needed to enhance prevention and treatment of stress-related disorders. In the current study, the authors examined predictors of acute stress symptoms during intense military training in 35 men. In univariate and multivariate models, perc...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Taylor MK,Mujica-Parodi LR,Padilla GA,Markham AE,Potterat EG,Momen N,Sander TC,Larson GE

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper has been retracted due to a publisher's error: the order of the authors was incorrect. The Editor and Publisher of the Journal of Traumatic Stress apologize to the authors and our readership. The Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire (PDEQ) is a widely used measure of peritraumatic dissociati...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Brooks R,Bryant RA,Silove D,Creamer M,O'Donnell M,McFarlane AC,Marmar CR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) frequently co-occurs with panic spectrum problems. Relatively little empirical work has tested possible mechanisms accounting for this association. Nicotine dependence often ensues subsequent to PTSD onset and research suggests smoking high numbers of cigarettes daily may lead to p...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Feldner MT,Smith RC,Babson KA,Sachs-Ericsson N,Schmidt NB,Zvolensky MJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard methods for the analysis of survey data assume that the data arise from a simple random sample of the target population. In practice, analysts of survey data sets collected from nationally representative probability samples often pay little attention to important properties of the survey data. Standard statis...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： West BT

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the relationship between trauma history characteristics (number and type of traumas, age at first trauma, and subjective responses to prior traumas) and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms following a motor vehicle accident (MVA). One hundred eighty-eight adult M...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Irish L,Ostrowski SA,Fallon W,Spoonster E,Dulmen Mv,Sledjeski EM,Delahanty DL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the contribution of prewar life events, war exposure, and postwar life events to combat-induced psychopathology among 425 Israeli War veterans from the Lebanon War. Data was collected at two time points (1983 and 2002). The sample included veterans with and without combat stress reaction (CSR). Bat...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Solomon Z,Zur-Noah S,Horesh D,Zerach G,Keinan G

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Revised Grief Experience Inventory, and World Assumptions Scale were administered to 111 bereaved parents. The PTGI scores indicate that many bereaved parents report personal growth in domains outlined by L.G. Calhoun and R. G. Tedeschi (2001). Grief intensity was inversely c...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Engelkemeyer SM,Marwit SJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated prevalence rates of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been reported for Black and Hispanic Vietnam veterans. There has been no comprehensive explanation of these group differences. Moreover, previous research has relied on retrospective reports of war-zone stress and on PTSD assessments that f...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Dohrenwend BP,Turner JB,Turse NA,Lewis-Fernandez R,Yager TJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The valence-arousal (W. Heller, 1993) and approach-withdrawal (R. J. Davidson, 1998a) models hypothesize that particular patterns of hemispheric brain activity are associated with specific motivational tendencies and psychopathologies. We tested several of these predictions in two groups-a posttraumatic stress disorde...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Shankman SA,Silverstein SM,Williams LM,Hopkinson PJ,Kemp AH,Felmingham KL,Bryant RA,McFarlane A,Clark CR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined changes in psychiatric status and use of VA mental health services after the adjudication of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability claims for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of 101 veteran claimants. Hypotheses were based on the premise that the claims process may create i...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Sayer NA,Spoont M,Nelson DB,Clothier B,Murdoch M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Israeli government's decision to remove settlers in the Gaza Strip forcibly produced a situation of traumatic stress, resulting from confrontation and conflict for settlers. The authors examined the effects of the Gaza disengagement, that occurred following prolonged terrorist exposure, on rates of probable major ...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Hall BJ,Hobfoll SE,Palmieri PA,Canetti-Nisim D,Shapira O,Johnson RJ,Galea S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although sleep disturbance is considered a hallmark of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), objective evidence for sleep disturbance in patients with PTSD has been equivocal. The goal of the current investigation was to objectively examine sleep disturbance among women with PTSD in their home environment. Women with ...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Calhoun PS,Wiley M,Dennis MF,Means MK,Edinger JD,Beckham JC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study indexed the relationship between acute stress disorder (ASD) and subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in injured children. Consecutive children between 7-13 years admitted to a hospital after traumatic injury (n = 76) were assessed for ASD. Children were followed up 6-months posttrauma (n = 62), ...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Bryant RA,Salmon K,Sinclair E,Davidson P

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research suggests that responses to script-driven trauma imagery in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) include reexperiencing and dissociative symptom subtypes. This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study employed a dimensional approach to characterizing script-driven imagery responses, using the Respons...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Hopper JW,Frewen PA,van der Kolk BA,Lanius RA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissociative symptoms and abnormalities in pain perception have been associated with a range of disorders. The authors tested whether experimentally induced increases in state dissociation would cause an analgesic response. Participants (N = 120) were randomized to a dissociation induction condition via audiophotic st...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Horowitz JD,Telch MJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, controversy concerning the psychological consequences of service in the Vietnam war has rearisen. In this article, the Co-Principal Investigators of the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS) provide a perspective on new findings reported by B. P. Dohrenwend et al. (2006) that addresses ...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Schlenger WE,Kulka RA,Fairbank JA,Hough RL,Jordan BK,Marmar CR,Weiss DS

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factor structure of the World Assumptions Scale (WAS) was assessed by means of confirmatory factor analysis. The sample was comprised of 1,710 participants who had been exposed to trauma that resulted in whiplash. Four alternative models were specified and estimated using LISREL 8.72. A correlated 8-factor solutio...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Elklit A,Shevlin M,Solomon Z,Dekel R

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-dwelling adults (N = 104) aged 20- to 99-years-old told narratives about neutral, positive, and worst traumatic events; they also completed mental health questionnaires. Consistent with previous research, trauma narratives were longer, and contained more somatosensory and negative bodily experience detail. R...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Beaudreau SA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used confirmatory factor analysis to examine the factor structure of the Cambodian version of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire in 488 Cambodian refugees residing in the United States. Five alternative conceptual models were compared. A model with four correlated factors reflecting symptoms of re-experiencin...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Palmieri PA,Marshall GN,Schell TL

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines predictors of current mental health service use in a sample of 154 veterans filing claims for Veterans Affairs (VA) disability benefits based on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Our conceptual framework was the behavioral model that classifies predictors of service utilization into predisposin...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Sayer NA,Clothier B,Spoont M,Nelson DB

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relationship among posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and intimate partner relationship aggression in a community sample of World War II (WWII) male military former prisoners of war (POWs). Sixty percent of these POWs reported verbal aggression in their marriages, and 12% endorse...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： O'Donnell C,Cook JM,Thompson R,Riley K,Neria Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines relationships among military sexual trauma (MST), nonmilitary sexual trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A sample of 196 female veterans was assessed for trauma occurring before, during, and after military service, and for current PTSD. The prevalence of MST was higher than that of pr...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Himmelfarb N,Yaeger D,Mintz J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This small-scale study investigates the relationships between the heart rate of motor vehicle accident survivors presenting in the emergency department (ED) and acute stress disorder (ASD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity. It also examines the relationships between the survivor's heart rate in...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Kuhn E,Blanchard EB,Fuse T,Hickling EJ,Broderick J

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexually victimized individuals often report chronic attempts to avoid unpleasant internal experiences (e.g., thoughts, emotions, memories) as a means of affect regulation. The aim of this study was to expand upon previous findings by examining the relationships among negative mood, thought suppression, and posttrauma...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Rosenthal MZ,Cheavens JS,Lynch TR,Follette V

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined how resiliency (represented by optimism, social support, religiosity, and finding growth and meaning), within the context of perceived impact of sexual trauma and HIV-related stress, was linked to perspectives on addressing trauma among individuals (N=266) with HIV and childhood sexual abuse (CSA)....

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Tarakeshwar N,Hansen NB,Kochman A,Fox A,Sikkema KJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the psychometric properties for the UCLA Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Index among a sample of Somali adolescents. Data were derived from a sample of English-speaking Somali adolescent refugees between the ages of 12 and 19 years (n=76). The UCLA PTSD Index showed good reliability (Cronbach's alpha...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Ellis BH,Lhewa D,Charney M,Cabral H

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At 3 to 4 weeks after the December 2004 tsunami disaster we assessed symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 264 children who lived in severely affected coastal communities in Manadkadu (northern coast), Kosgoda (western coast), and Galle (southern coast) in Sri Lanka. The prevalence rate of tsunami-relate...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Neuner F,Schauer E,Catani C,Ruf M,Elbert T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides an overview of the use of the Internet for conducting studies after terrorist attacks and other large-scale disasters. We begin with a brief summary of the scientific and logistical challenges of conducting such research, followed by a description of some of the most important design features tha...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Schlenger WE,Silver RC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health care for trauma-exposed populations in conflict-affected developing countries often is provided by primary healthcare providers (PHPs), including doctors, nurses, and lay health workers. The Task Force on International Trauma Training, through an initiative sponsored by the International Society for Trau...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Eisenman D,Weine S,Green B,de Jong J,Rayburn N,Ventevogel P,Keller A,Agani F

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of physical comorbidity among women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were explored using Michigan Medicaid claims data. PTSD-diagnosed women (n = 2,133) were compared with 14,948 randomly selected women in three health outcome areas: ICD-9 categories of disease, chronic conditions associated with sex...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Seng JS,Clark MK,McCarthy AM,Ronis DL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of posttraumatic stress is of both theoretical and clinical interest. In the present study, seven models of posttraumatic stress were compared using confirmatory factor analysis. A sample of 528 Western New York undergraduate students was assessed 1 and 3 months after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist a...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Baschnagel JS,O'Connor RM,Colder CR,Hawk LW Jr

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored gambling among Australian veterans entering posttraumatic stress treatment programs (n = 153). Twenty-eight percent reached the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) criteria for probable problem gambling, as did 17% on the DSM-IV gambling scale (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, F...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Biddle D,Hawthorne G,Forbes D,Coman G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review sample composition and enrollment data for 34 studies cited in the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) 2000 Practice Guidelines as meeting the Level A U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) classification for treatment of adult posttraumatic stress disorder (P...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Spinazzola J,Blaustein M,van der Kolk BA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a new easy-to-administer and understand, interview-based instrument that systematically and comprehensively assesses a person's Lifetime Trauma and Victimization History (LTVH). The LTVH inquires about 30 traumas and victimization experiences (including general traumas, physical assault/abuse, s...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Widom CS,Dutton MA,Czaja SJ,DuMont KA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the predictive power of personal resources (i.e., self-esteem, optimism, and perceived control), severity of earthquake experience (i.e., material and human loss and perceived threat), and coping self-efficacy (CSE) on general distress, intrusion, and avoidance symptoms among the survivors of the 1...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Sumer N,Karanci AN,Berument SK,Gunes H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttraumatic symptomatology (PTS) and self-dysfunction (SD) were examined as correlates and predictors of sexual revictimization in a prospective study of 339 college women. Both PTS and SD were associated with a history of child and adult sexual victimization. Compared to a history of child victimization, a history ...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Messman-Moore TL,Brown AL,Koelsch LE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships among numbing, arousal, intrusion, and avoidance in a sample of 272 female rape survivors. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to test a theoretical model, which posits that hyperarousal and numbing are functionally related mechanisms and in...

journal_title：Journal of traumatic stress

authors： Feuer CA,Nishith P,Resick P

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00