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What Determines Posttraumatic Stress and Growth Following Various Traumatic Events? A Study in a Turkish Community Sample
Author(s) -
Gul Ervin,
Karanci A. Nuray
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.22161
Subject(s) - turkish , posttraumatic growth , posttraumatic stress , psychology , sample (material) , clinical psychology , anxiety disorder , traumatic stress , psychiatry , anxiety , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , chromatography
This study aimed to examine the roles of personality traits, traumatic event types, coping, rumination, and social support in explaining posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in a representative community sample of 498 Turkish adults. The results of 2 multiple regression analyses showed that PTS was associated with neuroticism, experiencing events involving intentional/assaultive violence, intrusive and deliberate rumination, and fatalistic coping. In contrast, PTG was related to conscientiousness, openness to experience, injury/shocking and sudden‐death type of events, deliberate rumination, problem‐solving coping, and perceived social support. When all variables were entered into the equation, almost two thirds of the variability ( R 2 = .64) in the severity of PTS and more than one third of the variability ( R 2 = .40) in PTG was explained. The findings can aid in the development of psychosocial support programs for individuals experiencing traumatic events.