Longitudinal interplay between posttraumatic stress symptoms and coping self-efficacy: A four-wave prospective study

Bosmans, Mark; Velden, Peter G. van der

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.007

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“…We were not able to replicate the findings from previous studies showing that self-efficacy is related to lower levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms during the first 12 months after a traumatic incident (Benight and Harper, 2002; Bosmans and van der Velden, 2015). The reason for these divergent findings may be that we investigated generalized self-efficacy, while these prior studies investigated trauma-related coping self-efficacy.…”

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“…However, we previously found self-efficacy to be related only to concurrent posttraumatic stress symptoms (Johansen et al, 2007) and to be unrelated to posttraumatic stress symptoms beyond 6 months post-disaster (Nygaard et al, 2016). To our knowledge, the only prospective study concerning the temporal relationship between self-efficacy and posttraumatic stress symptoms used three assessments over an 8-month period and found that CSE was significantly related to later reductions in PTSD symptoms, while PTSD symptoms did not predict later reductions in CSE (Bosmans and van der Velden, 2015). Thus, an important unresolved research question is whether PTSD symptoms affect the level of self-efficacy or vice versa or whether they mutually influence each other.…”

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Longitudinal Relationship between Self-efficacy and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms 8 Years after a Violent Assault: An Autoregressive Cross-Lagged Model

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Self-efficacy is assumed to promote posttraumatic adaption, and several cross-sectional studies support this notion. However, there is a lack of prospective longitudinal studies to further illuminate the temporal relationship between self-efficacy and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Thus, an important unresolved research question is whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms affect the level of self-efficacy or vice versa or whether they mutually influence each other. The present prospective longitudinal study investigated the reciprocal relationship between general self-efficacy (GSE) and posttraumatic stress symptoms in 143 physical assault victims. We used an autoregressive cross-lagged model across four assessment waves: within 4 months after the assault (T1) and then 3 months (T2), 12 months (T3) and 8 years (T4) after the first assessment. Stress symptoms at T1 and T2 predicted subsequent self-efficacy, while self-efficacy at T1 and T2 was not related to subsequent stress symptoms. These relationships were reversed after T3; higher levels of self-efficacy at T3 predicted lower levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms at T4, while posttraumatic tress symptoms at T3 did not predict self-efficacy at T4. In conclusion, posttraumatic stress symptoms may have a deteriorating effect on self-efficacy in the early phase after physical assault, whereas self-efficacy may promote recovery from posttraumatic stress symptoms over the long term.

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“…The results of this study are also similar to those of other studies showing that coping mediates the relationship between stress exposure and longer term psychological sequelae like posttraumatic stress in general (e.g., Menard & Arter, 2013), and in the context of natural disasters in particular (e.g., Benight & Harper, 2002;Bosmans, Benight, Knaap, Winkel, & Velden, 2013;Bosmans & van der Velden, 2015).…”

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“…Lazarus and Folkman (1984) explain that the effects of stress on health are mediated by cognitive appraisal and coping, both of which are amenable to intervention. Coping can reduce the negative psychological effects of potentially traumatic events (Bosmans & van der Velden, 2015), and reduce distress during pregnancy (Huizink, de Medina, Mulder, Visser, & Buitelaar, 2002a). There is some evidence that, in response to Hurricane Katrina, maternal coping strategies reduced the negative impact of this stressor on mothers' subsequent mental health (Oni, Harville, Xiong, & Buekens, 2012), and were also related to reduced pregnancy complications (Oni, Harville, Xiong, & Buekens, 2015).…”

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Understanding the relationship between disaster-related prenatal maternal stress and child motor development: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study

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This thesis investigates the relationship between different aspects of disasterrelated prenatal maternal stress and child motor development, explores how stress reactions work together to predict motor development, and proposes a cascade of stress reactions as a psychological mechanism of transmission for the effects of prenatal maternal stress. It examines continuity and change in findings between 16 and 30 months and, finally, looks at whether maternal coping predicts child motor development.At recruitment, mothers (N = 224) exposed to a major flood during pregnancy completed questionnaires assessing flood exposure (QFOSS), peritraumatic distress (PDI) and dissociation (PDEQ), posttraumatic stress (IESR), a cognitive appraisal of the overall flood consequences, and coping (BriefCOPE). At 16 months (N = 145) and 30

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“…In addition, research had shown that coping self‐efficacy related to potential traumatic events such as WPV, is predictive of the development of postevent mental health problems (Luszczynska et al . , Bosmans & van der Velden ). Higher levels of coping self‐efficacy are associated with lower levels of mental health problems or stress symptoms at a later stage.…”

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Predictors of workplace violence among ambulance personnel: a longitudinal study

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AimTo examine predictors of repeated confrontations with workplace violence among ambulance personnel, the proportion of exposure to potentially traumatic events that are aggression‐related and to what extent personnel was able to prevent escalations. Although previous research assessed the prevalences among this group, little is known about predictors, to what extent PTE's are WPV‐related and their abilities to prevent escalations.DesignA longitudinal study with a 6 months' time interval (N = 103).MethodsAt T1 demographics, workplace violence and potentially traumatic events in the past year, mental health, personality, handling of rules, coping and social organizational stressors were assessed. Confrontations with aggression were also examined at T2.ResultsMultivariate logistic regression analyses showed that only problems with superiors independently predicted repeated verbal aggression and that only the (absence of the) ability to compromise very easily predicted repeatedly being on guard and repeatedly confronted with any form of aggression. Due to very low prevalences, we could not examine predictors of repeated confrontations with physical aggression (N = 5) and serious threat (N = 7). A large majority reported that in most workplace violence cases they could prevent further escalations. About 2% reported a potentially traumatic event in the year before T1 that was WPV related and perceived as very stressful.

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Longitudinal interplay between posttraumatic stress symptoms and coping self-efficacy: A four-wave prospective study

Cited by 50 publications

References 42 publications

Longitudinal Relationship between Self-efficacy and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms 8 Years after a Violent Assault: An Autoregressive Cross-Lagged Model

Longitudinal Relationship between Self-efficacy and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms 8 Years after a Violent Assault: An Autoregressive Cross-Lagged Model

Understanding the relationship between disaster-related prenatal maternal stress and child motor development: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study

Predictors of workplace violence among ambulance personnel: a longitudinal study

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