Risk and Resilience Variables as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress and Growth: A Longitudinal Media-Based Study

Horswill, Samantha Christine

doi:10.4172/2324-8947.1000138

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“…Based on prior research (Carleton et al, 2010; Holmes, Geddes, Colom, & Goodwin, 2008; Horswill & Carleton, 2014) and a power analysis ( f 2 = .25, α = .05, one-tailed, power = .80), a sample of 22 eligible participants was sought. There were 24 participants at Time 1 (presimulation); however, only 13 persons attended the actual simulation day, and of those, only 12 completed all measures at Weeks 1 and 5.…”

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“…Prospective empirical investigations of posttraumatic responses are challenging due to the unpredictable nature of exposure; as such, while recommendations for prospective studies abound (Bomyea, Risbrough, & Lang, 2012; Carleton, Sikorski, & Asmundson, 2010; McKeever & Huff, 2003), most research has been cross-sectional (Ozer, Best, Lipsey, & Weiss, 2003), dependent on chance (Gil & Caspi, 2006), or retrospective (Asmundson, Carleton, Wright, & Taylor, 2004; Taylor, Asmundson, Carleton, & Brundin, 2007). Attempts to circumvent the challenges with prospective research have used frightening media as a trauma analogue (e.g., Carleton et al, 2010; Holmes & Bourne, 2008; Horswill & Carleton, 2014; Weidmann, Conradi, Groger, Fehm, & Fydrich, 2009). PTSD symptoms are continuous, rather than taxonic (Broman-Fulks et al, 2006; Ruscio, Ruscio, & Keane, 2002), which means that media- and simulation-based studies have allowed for ostensibly safe, empirical investigations of responses to a consistent (i.e., reproducible) trauma analogue; however, the ecological validity of watching movies is limited and depends heavily on participant engagement.…”

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A prospective assessment of PTSD symptoms using analogue trauma training with nursing students.

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Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des

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Exposure to potentially traumatic workplace events is a routine component of the nursing profession, resulting in high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) relative to the general population. Difficulties in implementing prospective empirical research have limited the understanding of nurses' risk and resilience to PTSD; however, novel research with analogue stressors has generated useful methodology for studying risk and resilience variables associated with PTSD. The present study was designed to assess risk and resilience to PTSD in nurses using a high-fidelity trauma analogue simulation. Undergraduate nursing students (n ϭ 13) from the University of Regina participated in an immersive trauma triage training simulation. Self-report measures of risk, resilience, and trauma symptoms were completed prior to participation and 1 and 5 weeks postsimulation. Participants also reported on their subjective experiences with the analogue trauma immediately following participation. Participants described the trauma analogue as anxiety-or fear-provoking, supporting the ecological validity of trauma simulation effectiveness. Statistical analyses were limited due to low sample size, although risk variables showed theoretically valid relationships with pretrauma variables of interest. Trauma analogue simulations appear to provide an effective model for generating and understanding subclinical responses to trauma. Further research is necessary to implement such methods using sufficient samples for statistical analysis.

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