| Personality traits, coping style, and perceived threat as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder after exposure to a terrorist attack: a prospective study. | |
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PMID: 17079704 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: This prospective study examined the role of pretraumatic personality factors, coping style, proximity to a terrorist attack, and its perceived threat to the survivors in the prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a suicide bomber's attack on a bus. METHOD: The study sample consisted of 180 undergraduate students who were coincidentally evaluated 2 weeks before a terrorist explosion in a bus heading toward their university and reevaluated 1 week, 1 month, and 6 months after the explosion. RESULTS: A hierarchal regression model revealed that increased risk for PTSD was associated with direct exposure to the attack, indirect exposure to the attack, preattack harm avoidance personality dimension, state avoidance coping style, and perceived threat posed by the attack. CONCLUSIONS: The findings indicate that premorbid personality characteristics, as well as subjective and objective factors related to the traumatic exposure, increased the risk for the development of PTSD. |
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Authors:
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Sharon Gil; Yael Caspi |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2006-11-01 |
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Title: Psychosomatic medicine Volume: 68 ISSN: 1534-7796 ISO Abbreviation: Psychosom Med Publication Date: 2006 Nov-Dec |
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Created Date: 2006-11-29 Completed Date: 2007-01-04 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376505 Medline TA: Psychosom Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 904-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa, Israel 31905. gsharon@research.haifa.ac.il |
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Adaptation, Psychological* Adult Fear Female Humans Male Personality* Prospective Studies Risk Factors Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology* Terrorism / psychology* |
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