Open AccessPTSD and self-rated health in urban traumatized African American adults: The mediating role of emotion regulation.
Author(s) -
Sierra Carter,
Abigail Powers,
Bekh Bradley
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0000472
Subject(s) - psycinfo , clinical psychology , psychology , mental health , psychological resilience , marital status , psychiatry , medicine , medline , population , psychotherapist , environmental health , political science , law
Although previous research has demonstrated a link between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and self-rated health, the role of regulatory processes within this relationship has yet to be fully understood for African American urban populations. The goal of the present study was to determine whether emotion dysregulation mediated the relationship between PTSD diagnosis and self-rated health problems.