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Title: The Relationship of Posttraumatic Growth to Peritraumatic Reactions and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Sri Lankan University Students
Authors: McCaslin, S.E.
De Zoysa, P.
Butler, L.D.
Hart, S
Marmar, C.R.
Metzler, T.J
Koopman, C
Issue Date: 2009
Citation: McCaslin, S. E., De Zoysa, P., Butler, L. D., Hart, S., Marmar, C. R., Metzler, T. J., & Koopman, C. (2009). The Relationship of Posttraumatic Growth to Peritraumatic Reactions and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Sri Lankan University Students. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22 (4), 334-339.
Abstract: The relationships of posttraumatic growth to peritraumatic reactions and posttraumatic stress symptoms were examined in 93 Sri Lankan university students who had experienced a traumatic life event. Posttraumatic growth was associated with peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic stress symptoms, but was not associated with peritraumatic emotional distress. Results indicated a curvilinear relationship between peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic growth and between posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth. In a regression model predicting posttraumatic growth scores, each of the quadratic relationships of peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic stress symptoms to posttraumatic growth were statistically significant, and combined accounted for 22% of the variance. Results suggest that moderate levels of peritraumatic dissociation and symptoms are most associated with the greatest levels of growth.
URI: http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/215
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