How Do Social Interactions with a Significant Other Affect PTSD Symptoms? An Empirical Investigation with a Clinical Sample

Guay, Stéphane; Beaulieu-Prévost, Dominic; Beaudoin, Cindy; St-Jean-Trudel, Édith; Nachar, Nadim; Marchand, André; O’Connor, Kieron

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“…Guay, Beaulieu-Prevost, Beaudoin and St-Jean-Trudel (2011) found a direct association between social support and PTSD. In a meta-analysis of risk factors for PTSD, Brewin, Andrews and Valentine (2000) found lack of social support to be one of the most significant predictors for PTSD.…”

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Eating Disorders, Trauma, PTSD, and Psychosocial Resources

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The frequency of traumatic events and comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in women with eating disorders (EDs) was assessed. Also, patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) were compared with regard to post-traumatic symptomatology and the role of psychosocial resources was analyzed. 103 ED patients (29.1±10.5 years) were studied through the use of standardized questionnaires. 23.1% of AN and 25.5% of BN patients fulfilled the study definition for a current diagnosis of PTSD. Cumulative traumatization led to more severe symptomatology. Psychosocial resources were found to have strong associations with symptomatology. These findings provide additional support for the association between traumatization and ED. Clinical interventions for traumatized ED patients may benefit from a focus on post-traumatic stress symptomatology and personal resources.

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“…It is characterized by victims (or witnesses) of trauma experiencing intrusive thoughts (e.g., nightmares or difficulties concentrating), avoidance behaviours (e.g., avoiding activities that might remind them of the trauma), negative alterations in cognition and mood (e.g., persistent and distorted blame of self or others, and persistent negative emotional state), and alterations in arousal and reactivity (e.g., reckless or self‐destructive behaviours, hypervigilance, and exaggerated startle responses; American Psychiatric Association, ). Empirical evidence showed that social support could have buffering effects on PTSD (Adams & Boscarino ; Andrews, Brewin, & Rose, ; Avery & McDevitt‐Murphy, ; Guay, Billette, & Marchand, ; Guay et al, ; Laffaye, Cavella, Drescher, & Rosen, ; Pietrzak et al, ; Schnurr, Lunney, & Sengupta, ). Specifically, lack of social support after the traumatic event is one of the strongest social factors that predicts PTSD.…”

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This study examined the impact of workplace violence against 109 bus drivers over a 1-year span. Workplace violence is related to both psychological and work-related consequences. Our findings showed that bus drivers experienced a wide range of violence at work and the psychological consequences were devastating: Half of the participants met the diagnostic criteria for acute stress disorder within the first month following the index event. Majority of them experienced at least moderate levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) problems over the 1-year span. About 9.3% of participants showed a delayed onset of PTSD 6 months after. Furthermore, counter-supportive behaviours and reexposure to violence played important roles in the maintenance of PTSD symptoms over time. Even though PTSD symptoms per se did not relate to bus driver's confidence in coping with aggressive passengers, the immediate post-traumatic reaction-symptoms of acute stress disorder-showed a significant long-term negative effect on bus drivers' confidence in dealing with aggressive passengers 12 months after. This study provided empirical evidence of the changing nature of PTSD symptoms over time among bus drivers.

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“…Empirical specifications have recently been added to this model. Perceived support from others and coping strategies have been shown to affect PTSD symptoms independently (Guay et al, 2011). Thus, coping strategies and social support could very well be related variables that have an independent impact on PTSD, which in turn has an impact on quality of life.…”

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“…The Questionnaire on Social Support Behaviors in Anxious Situations (QSBA) -The QSBA (Guay et al, 2011;Guay, Marchand, & O'Connor, 2003) is a 31-item selfreport questionnaire assessing the perceived frequency of supportive social interactions (QSBA-positive: 9 items) and counter-supportive social interactions (QSBA-negative: 22 items) with a significant other in anxiety-provoking situations. The QSBA was developed and validated with university students and with PTSD outpatients (Beaudoin, St-Jean Trudel, Nachar, Guay, & Marchand, 2008;St-Jean-Trudel, Guay, Marchand, & O'Connor, 2005).…”

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Assessment of the psychosocial predictors of health-related quality of life in a PTSD clinical sample.

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Although a wide array of the scientific literature explores the links between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, coping strategies, and social support and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as an outcome variable, their connections remain unclear. It is unknown whether PTSD symptom severity, coping strategies, and social support explain each a unique portion of variance of HRQoL of individuals with PTSD. In the current study, based on pretreatment results of a broader study assessing a specific intervention for PTSD, 94 individuals with PTSD were screened for psychiatric disorders and completed several questionnaires concerning social support, coping strategies, PTSD symptoms, and HRQoL. Coping strategies, social support, and PTSD all appeared to be predictors of HRQoL; however, PTSD seemed to constitute the major predictor among these variables. Indeed, coping strategies and social support did not explain a unique share of variability of HRQoL beyond that of PTSD symptomatology. A causal pathway integrating these variables should be tested in future studies. Keywordsposttraumatic stress disorder; health-related quality of life; social support; coping strategies; correlational study; clinical sample Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is commonly conceptualized as a multidimensional construct with three clusters of symptoms: (1) intrusion or persistent reexperiencing of the traumatic event, (2) persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness, and (3) hyperarousal or persistent symptoms of increased arousal (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000). Following exposure to an extremely traumatic event that involved feelings of intense fear, helplessness, or horror, individuals diagnosed with PTSD usually experience each of these responses intensely, which seemingly causes high functional impairment and a decreased quality of life (d

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How Do Social Interactions with a Significant Other Affect PTSD Symptoms? An Empirical Investigation with a Clinical Sample

Cited by 36 publications

References 52 publications

Eating Disorders, Trauma, PTSD, and Psychosocial Resources

Eating Disorders, Trauma, PTSD, and Psychosocial Resources

Dangers on the road: A longitudinal examination of passenger‐initiated violence against bus drivers

Assessment of the psychosocial predictors of health-related quality of life in a PTSD clinical sample.

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