“…The association between general negative affect and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been well established (Brown et al., ; Marshall‐Berenz, Morrison, Schumacher, & Coffey, ; Souza et al., ). Moreover, although PTSD was originally conceptualized principally as a disorder of fear (American Psychiatric Association [APA], ; Foa & Kozak, ), there has been increasing recognition that negative emotions beyond fear are also strongly associated with PTSD (Dalgleish & Power, ; Hathaway, Boals, & Banks, ; Lancaster, Melka, & Rodriguez, ; Ozer, Best, Lipsey, & Weiss, ; Resick & Miller, ).…”