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Sarah E Ullman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • psychosocial correlates of ptsd Symptom Severity in sexual assault survivors
    Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2007
    Co-Authors: Sarah E Ullman, Henrietta H Filipas, Stephanie M Townsend, Laura L Starzynski
    Abstract:

    This study's goal was to assess the effects of preassault, assault, and postassault psychosocial factors on current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Symptoms of sexual assault survivors. An ethnically diverse sample of over 600 female sexual assault survivors was recruited from college, community, and mental health agency sources (response rate = 90%). Regression analyses tested the hypothesis that postassault psychosocial variables, including survivors' responses to rape and social reactions from support providers, would be stronger correlates of PTSD Symptom Severity than preassault or assault characteristics. As expected, few demographic or assault characteristics predicted Symptoms, whereas trauma histories, perceived life threat during the assault, postassault characterological self-blame, avoidance coping, and negative social reactions from others were all related to greater PTSD Symptom Severity. The only protective factor was survivors' perception that they had greater control over their recovery process in the present, which predicted fewer Symptoms. Recommendations for intervention and treatment with sexual assault survivors are discussed.

  • predictors of ptsd Symptom Severity and social reactions in sexual assault victims
    Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2001
    Co-Authors: Sarah E Ullman, Henrietta H Filipas
    Abstract:

    Demographics, assault variables, and postassault responses were analyzed as correlates of PTSD Symptom Severity in a sample of 323 sexual assault victims. Regression analyses indicated that less education, greater perceived life threat, and receipt of more negative social reactions upon disclosing assault were each related to greater PTSD Symptom Severity. Ethnic minority victims reported more negative social reactions from others. Victims of more severe sexual victimization reported fewer positive, but more negative reactions from others. Greater extent of disclosure of the assault was related to more positive and fewer negative social reactions. Telling more persons about the assault was related to more negative and positive reactions. Implications of these results for developing contextual theoretical models of rape-related PTSD are discussed.

Laura L Starzynski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • psychosocial correlates of ptsd Symptom Severity in sexual assault survivors
    Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2007
    Co-Authors: Sarah E Ullman, Henrietta H Filipas, Stephanie M Townsend, Laura L Starzynski
    Abstract:

    This study's goal was to assess the effects of preassault, assault, and postassault psychosocial factors on current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Symptoms of sexual assault survivors. An ethnically diverse sample of over 600 female sexual assault survivors was recruited from college, community, and mental health agency sources (response rate = 90%). Regression analyses tested the hypothesis that postassault psychosocial variables, including survivors' responses to rape and social reactions from support providers, would be stronger correlates of PTSD Symptom Severity than preassault or assault characteristics. As expected, few demographic or assault characteristics predicted Symptoms, whereas trauma histories, perceived life threat during the assault, postassault characterological self-blame, avoidance coping, and negative social reactions from others were all related to greater PTSD Symptom Severity. The only protective factor was survivors' perception that they had greater control over their recovery process in the present, which predicted fewer Symptoms. Recommendations for intervention and treatment with sexual assault survivors are discussed.

Henrietta H Filipas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • psychosocial correlates of ptsd Symptom Severity in sexual assault survivors
    Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2007
    Co-Authors: Sarah E Ullman, Henrietta H Filipas, Stephanie M Townsend, Laura L Starzynski
    Abstract:

    This study's goal was to assess the effects of preassault, assault, and postassault psychosocial factors on current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Symptoms of sexual assault survivors. An ethnically diverse sample of over 600 female sexual assault survivors was recruited from college, community, and mental health agency sources (response rate = 90%). Regression analyses tested the hypothesis that postassault psychosocial variables, including survivors' responses to rape and social reactions from support providers, would be stronger correlates of PTSD Symptom Severity than preassault or assault characteristics. As expected, few demographic or assault characteristics predicted Symptoms, whereas trauma histories, perceived life threat during the assault, postassault characterological self-blame, avoidance coping, and negative social reactions from others were all related to greater PTSD Symptom Severity. The only protective factor was survivors' perception that they had greater control over their recovery process in the present, which predicted fewer Symptoms. Recommendations for intervention and treatment with sexual assault survivors are discussed.

  • predictors of ptsd Symptom Severity and social reactions in sexual assault victims
    Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2001
    Co-Authors: Sarah E Ullman, Henrietta H Filipas
    Abstract:

    Demographics, assault variables, and postassault responses were analyzed as correlates of PTSD Symptom Severity in a sample of 323 sexual assault victims. Regression analyses indicated that less education, greater perceived life threat, and receipt of more negative social reactions upon disclosing assault were each related to greater PTSD Symptom Severity. Ethnic minority victims reported more negative social reactions from others. Victims of more severe sexual victimization reported fewer positive, but more negative reactions from others. Greater extent of disclosure of the assault was related to more positive and fewer negative social reactions. Telling more persons about the assault was related to more negative and positive reactions. Implications of these results for developing contextual theoretical models of rape-related PTSD are discussed.

Deborah L Ackerman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • p02 47 the relationship between cam use and somatic Symptom Severity
    BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012
    Co-Authors: Steve Chamberlin, Deborah L Ackerman
    Abstract:

    Methods Data were collected prospectively through the PROCAIM Network, developed at UCLA. The Patient Health Questionnaire 15 (PHQ15) was used to measure 3 month change in Symptom Severity. All patients reported having chronic medical conditions characterized by chronic pain. Multivariate linear regression was used to evaluate: (1) The relationship between somatic Symptom Severity and the number of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities at baseline and during the three month period. (2) The relationship between somatic Symptom Severity and the NCCAM CAM categories.

Michael J. Zvolensky - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Anxiety sensitivity and breath-holding duration in relation to PTSD Symptom Severity among trauma exposed adults.
    Journal of anxiety disorders, 2011
    Co-Authors: Erin C. Berenz, Anka A. Vujanovic, Scott F. Coffey, Michael J. Zvolensky
    Abstract:

    The present investigation examined the main and interactive effects of anxiety sensitivity and behavioral distress tolerance, indexed using the breath-holding task, in relation to PTSD Symptom Severity among trauma-exposed adults. Participants were 88 adults (63.6% women; M(age)=22.9, SD=9.1, range=18-62), recruited from the community, who met DSM-IV-TR PTSD Criterion A for lifetime trauma exposure. Covariates included number of potentially traumatic events, nonclinical panic attack history, and participant sex. Anxiety sensitivity was significantly incrementally associated with PTSD total Symptom Severity, as well as Avoidance and Hyperarousal Symptom Severity (p's .05). However, breath-holding duration emerged as a significant moderator of the association between anxiety sensitivity and PTSD Avoidance Symptom Severity, such that lower breath-holding duration exacerbated the effect of heightened anxiety sensitivity with regard to PTSD Avoidance Symptom Severity.

  • Multimethod study of distress tolerance and PTSD Symptom Severity in a trauma‐exposed community sample
    Journal of traumatic stress, 2010
    Co-Authors: Erin C. Marshall-berenz, Anka A. Vujanovic, Marcel O. Bonn-miller, Amit Bernstein, Michael J. Zvolensky
    Abstract:

    Despite initial evidence linking distress tolerance to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Symptom Severity, there is a need for the investigation of interrelations among multiple measures of distress tolerance and PTSD Symptom Severity. Therefore, the present study investigated concurrent relations among multiple measures of distress tolerance, as well as the relations between these measures and PTSD Symptom Severity, within a trauma-exposed community sample. The sample consisted of 81 trauma-exposed adults (63.1% women). Results indicated that Distress Tolerance Scale (Simons & Gaher, 2005) scores, but no other measures of distress tolerance were significantly related to PTSD Symptom Severity above and beyond the variance accounted for by number of traumas, trait-level neuroticism, and participant sex. Implications and future directions are discussed.