The impact of the developmental timing of trauma exposure on PTSD symptoms and psychosocial functioning among older adults.
The impact of the developmental timing of trauma exposure on PTSD symptoms and psychosocial functioning among older adults.
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DOI：
10.1037/a0031985
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发表时间：
2013-11
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
Siegler, Ilene C.
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作者：
Ogle, Christin M.;Rubin, David C.;Siegler, Ilene C.
本研究探讨了创伤暴露的发展时间对创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状和心理社会功能的影响，在一个大样本的社区居住的老年人（n = 1,995）。具体来说，我们调查了暴露于创伤事件的负面后果是否对童年、青春期、青年期、中年或老年期经历的创伤更大。这些发展阶段的特点是与年龄有关的认知和社会过程的变化，可能会影响心理创伤暴露后的调整。结果显示，与经历过最痛苦创伤的老年人相比，在童年时期经历过最痛苦创伤事件的老年人表现出更严重的PTSD症状和更低的主观幸福感。社会支持和应对能力的措施也出现了类似的结果。童年创伤与晚年创伤相比的不同影响不能完全用累积创伤暴露的差异或事件的客观和主观特征的差异来解释。我们的研究结果表明，在生命早期遇到的创伤性事件的持久性，并强调了在调查创伤经历的长期后果时，检查创伤暴露的发展背景的重要性。
The present study examined the impact of the developmental timing of trauma exposure on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and psychosocial functioning in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults (n = 1,995). Specifically, we investigated whether the negative consequences of exposure to traumatic events were greater for traumas experienced during childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, midlife, or older adulthood. Each of these developmental periods is characterized by age-related changes in cognitive and social processes that may influence psychological adjustment following trauma exposure. Results revealed that older adults who experienced their currently most distressing traumatic event during childhood exhibited more severe symptoms of PTSD and lower subjective happiness compared to older adults who experienced their most distressing trauma after the transition to adulthood. Similar findings emerged for measures of social support and coping ability. The differential effects of childhood compared to later life traumas were not fully explained by differences in cumulative trauma exposure or by differences in the objective and subjective characteristics of the events. Our findings demonstrate the enduring nature of traumatic events encountered early in the life course and underscore the importance of examining the developmental context of trauma exposure in investigations of the long-term consequences of traumatic experiences.
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DOI：
10.1037/a0024940
发表时间：
2011-10
期刊：
Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
影响因子：
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作者：
Berntsen D;Rubin DC;Siegler IC
通讯作者：
Siegler IC
影响因子：
4.2
作者：
Colbert, Sha Juan;Krause, Neal
通讯作者：
Krause, Neal
影响因子：
3.3
作者：
Dulin, Patrick L.;Passmore, Teesha
通讯作者：
Passmore, Teesha
影响因子：
3.7
作者：
CARSTENSEN, LL
通讯作者：
CARSTENSEN, LL
影响因子：
2.4
作者：
Berntsen, D;Rubin, DC
通讯作者：
Rubin, DC