Attachment, social cognition, and posttraumatic stress symptoms in a traumatized, urban population: evidence for the mediating role of object relations.
Attachment, social cognition, and posttraumatic stress symptoms in a traumatized, urban population: evidence for the mediating role of object relations.
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受创伤的城市人口的依恋、社会认知和创伤后应激症状:客体关系中介作用的证据。
DOI:
10.1002/jts.21815
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Bradley,Bekh
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文献类型:
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作者:
Ortigo,KileM;Westen,Drew;Defife,JaredA;Bradley,Bekh
Research has linked multiple risk and resiliency factors to developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One potentially important construct for understanding connections between trauma and PTSD is attachment. Although relationships between attachment and risk for PTSD have been described theoretically, limited research has addressed these relationships empirically. Furthermore, aspects of object relations overlap with attachment and PTSD, but have not been adequately incorporated in empirical research. One proposed pathway between attachment and PTSD involves the mediating role of object relations, particularly views of self and others. Present data were from a larger study investigating environmental and genetic risk factors for PTSD in an impoverished, primarily African American sample seeking care at a public urban hospital. Correlations indicated that adult attachment (with the exception of dismissing) and object relations relate to childhood traumas, (|r|s = .19–.29), adult traumas (|r|s = .14–.20), and self‐reported PTSD symptoms (|r|s = .20–.36). Analyses also found support for mediational roles of object relations in relationships between attachment and PTSD symptoms (ModelR2range = .136–.160). These data have theoretical, clinical, and research implications for understanding how particular aspects of attachment, specifically its effects on object relations, may protect against or predispose one to develop PTSD.