Longitudinal interplay between posttraumatic stress symptoms and coping self-efficacy: A four-wave prospective study

Mark W.G. Bosmans and Peter G. van der Velden

Social Science & Medicine, 2015, vol. 134, issue C, 23-29

Abstract: Trauma-related coping self-efficacy (CSE), the perceived capability to manage one's personal functioning and the myriad environmental demands of the aftermath of potentially traumatic events (PTE), has been shown to affect psychological outcomes after these events. Aim of the present four-wave study was to examine the cross-lagged relationships between CSE and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms following PTEs in order to examine direction of influence. Levels of CSE and PTSD symptoms were measured with 4-month intervals. In addition, prospectively assessed personality traits and general self-efficacy perceptions as well as peritraumatic distress were entered in the analyses.

Keywords: Coping self-efficacy; PTSD; Potentially traumatic events; Personality; Prospective; Cross-lagged analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.007

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