Posttraumatic Anger, Recalled Peritraumatic Emotions, and PTSD in Victims of Violent Crime

A mixed cross-sectional and longitudinal design was employed to explore the association between posttraumatic anger and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; symptoms) in victims of civilian violence. It was speculated that this relationship is mainly due to concurrent recalled peritraumatic emotions...

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Published in:Journal of interpersonal violence 2011-11, Vol.26 (17), p.3561-3579
Main Authors: Kunst, M. J. J., Winkel, F. W., Bogaerts, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Anger
Correlation
Crime
Crime Victims - psychology
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emotional Response
Emotions
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Foreign Countries
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mental Recall
Middle Aged
Netherlands
Post traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Predictor Variables
Psychological Patterns
Severity of Illness Index
Social disorganization
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Survivors
Symptoms
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Threat
Victims
Victims of Crime
Violence
Violence - psychology
Violence - statistics & numerical data
Violent crime
Young Adult
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Summary:A mixed cross-sectional and longitudinal design was employed to explore the association between posttraumatic anger and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; symptoms) in victims of civilian violence. It was speculated that this relationship is mainly due to concurrent recalled peritraumatic emotions. Such emotions may be interpreted to result from anger-rooted threat perceptions and to share similarities with posttraumatic intrusion symptoms. In addition, predictors of PTSD maintenance were investigated. Cross-sectional data indicated that posttraumatic anger and several indices of PTSD were highly interconnected. Recalled peritraumatic emotions partly accounted for the relation between posttraumatic anger and posttraumatic intrusions (n = 177). Only posttraumatic intrusions were associated with PTSD symptom persistence at follow-up (n = 56). Findings were discussed in light of study limitations and directions for future research.
ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/0886260511403753