Predictors of Post-traumatic stress disorder - a summary of two meta-analysis
Meta-analysis of risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed adults.Brewin, C.R., Andrews, B., & Valentine, J.D. (2000).Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68(5), 748-766.Predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder and symptoms in adults: a meta-anlaysisOzer, Weiss & Lipsey 2003 Exposure to trauma may not always be sufficient to explain the development of PTSD, but when people are exposed to traumatic events, the risk of PTSD is enhanced reliably. Individual vulnerability factors have a role to play in understanding PTSD. The strongest predictors of PTSD are factors occuring during of after the trauma.Gender, age at trauma and race predict PTSD in some populations, but not others. Education, previous trauma and general childhood adversity predicts PTSD more consistently but to a varying extend. Psychiatric history, reported childhood abuse, and family psychiatric history have predictive effects.By a relatively small extent, the risk of PTSD is enhanced by the effects of: female gender, greater social, educational and intellectual disadvantages, psychiatric history and various types of previous adversity The risk of PTSD is enhanced by factors occurring during or after the trauma like: peritraumatic dissociation, preceived support, preceived life threat and peritraumatic emotions. ...
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