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Anger, dissociation, and posttraumatic stress disorder among female assault victims
Author(s) -
Feeny Norah C.,
Zoellner Lori A.,
Foa Edna B.
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1023/a:1007725015225
Subject(s) - anger , posttraumatic stress , psychology , clinical psychology , victimology , psychiatry , anxiety disorder , poison control , dissociation (chemistry) , injury prevention , dissociative disorders , medicine , medical emergency , child abuse , dissociative , anxiety , chemistry
The goal of the present study was to explore the relationship between anger and dissociation and their relationship to symptoms of posttrauma pathology. One hundred four female assault victims were assessed prospectively 2, 4, and 12 weeks postassault. Measures of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity, social functioning, anger, and dissociation were obtained at all assessments. Results revealed that differentiation between symptoms that predict later PTSD and impaired social functioning first becomes evident at 4 weeks postassault. At 4 weeks postassault, anger expression was predictive of later PTSD severity, whereas dissociation was predictive of poorer later functioning.