Anger, hostility, and aggression among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans reporting PTSD and subthreshold PTSD
Anger, hostility, and aggression among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans reporting PTSD and subthreshold PTSD
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DOI：
10.1002/jts.20258
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
McFall, Miles E.
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作者：
Jakupcak, Matthew;Conybeare, Daniel;McFall, Miles E.
根据创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状水平对伊拉克和阿富汗战争退伍军人进行分组，并比较自我报告的愤怒、敌意和攻击性特征。 PTSD 筛查呈阳性的退伍军人报告的愤怒和敌意明显高于阈下 PTSD 组和非 PTSD 组。亚阈值创伤后应激障碍组的退伍军人比非创伤后应激障碍组的退伍军人表现出明显更大的愤怒和敌意。 PTSD 组和阈下 PTSD 组在攻击性方面没有差异，尽管这两个组比非 PTSD 组更有可能认可攻击性。这些发现表明，医疗服务提供者应筛查表现出 PTSD 症状的伊拉克和阿富汗战争退伍军人的愤怒和攻击行为，并将相关的愤怒治疗纳入早期干预策略。
Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans were grouped by level of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology and compared on self-report measures of trait anger, hostility, and aggression. Veterans who screened positive for PTSD reported significantly greater anger and hostility than those in the subthreshold-PTSD and non-PTSD groups. Veterans in the subthreshold-PTSD group reported significantly greater anger and hostility than those in the non-PTSD group. The PTSD and subthreshold-PTSD groups did not differ with respect to aggression, though both groups were significantly more likely to have endorsed aggression than the non-PTSD group. These findings suggest that providers should screen for anger and aggression among Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans who exhibit symptoms of PTSD and incorporate relevant anger treatments into early intervention strategies.