Open AccessCaregiver support buffers posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms following a natural disaster in relation to binge drinking.
Author(s) -
Terrell A. Hicks,
Kaitlin Bountress,
Heidi S. Resnick,
Kenneth J. Ruggiero,
Ananda B. Amstadter
Publication year - 2022
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/tra0000553
Subject(s) - binge drinking , psycinfo , injury prevention , poison control , psychiatry , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , psychology , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , population , posttraumatic stress , medicine , medical emergency , medline , environmental health , pathology , political science , law
We investigate if posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms mediate the effects of disaster severity or prior trauma on binge drinking following disaster exposure and test if support from caregiver moderates the relation between disaster severity and PTSD symptoms as well as prior trauma and PTSD symptoms.