Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms,Relationship Adjustment,and Relationship Aggression in a Sample of Female Flood Victims |
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Authors: | Casey T. Taft Candice M. Monson Jeremiah A. Schumm Laura E. Watkins Jillian Panuzio Patricia A. Resick |
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Affiliation: | (1) National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System (116B-2), 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130, USA;(2) Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA;(3) Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;(4) VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton, MA, USA;(5) Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | This study tested a model examining the interrelationships among posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, intimate relationship adjustment, and intimate relationship aggression in a sample of 205 adult female flood victims. At the bivariate level, higher PTSD symptoms were associated with higher physical and psychological aggression victimization, poorer relationship adjustment, and higher physical and psychological aggression perpetration. Results from structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses indicated that relationship aggression victimization influenced aggression perpetration directly, and in the case of physical aggression, indirectly through its relationship with PTSD symptoms and relationship adjustment. The influence of PTSD symptoms on physical aggression perpetration was fully explained by poorer relationship adjustment. These findings extend prior work from other traumatized populations documenting associations between variables reflecting PTSD symptomatology and indices of relationship functioning, and indicate a need for further investigation in this area of inquiry. This research was supported in part by a grant to Patricia A. Resick from the National Institute of Mental Health (1-R01-MH55542). |
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Keywords: | Posttraumatic stress disorder Relationship adjustment Relationship aggression Flood Natural disaster |
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