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Multimethod study of distress tolerance and PTSD symptom severity in a trauma-exposed community sample

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Marshall‐Berenz, Erin C., Vujanovic, Anka A., Bonn‐Miller, Marcel O., Bernstein, Amit, Zvolensky, Michael J.·2010·Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Despite initial evidence linking distress tolerance to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, there is a need for the investigation of interrelations among multiple measures of distress tolerance and PTSD symptom severity. Therefore, the present study investigated concurrent relations among multiple measures of distress tolerance, as well as the relations between these measures and PTSD symptom severity, within a trauma‐exposed community sample. The sample consisted of 81 trauma‐exposed adults (63.1% women). Results indicated that Distress Tolerance Scale (Simons & Gaher, 2005) scores, but no other measures of distress tolerance were significantly related to PTSD symptom severity above and beyond the variance accounted for by number of traumas, trait‐level neuroticism, and participant sex. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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  • Lower levels of distress tolerance can be considered an individual variable that contributes to the development and/or maintenance of a vast range of psychopathological symptoms and diagnoses.

    “lower levels of distress tolerance can be considered an individual variable that contributes to the development and/or maintenance of a vast range of psychopathological symptoms and diagnoses”

    From The Factorial Structure, Psychometric Properties and Sensitivity to Change of the Distress Tolerance Scale for Children with Emotional Disorders. (2024) · cites this paper as [6]

    The introductory passage (page unavailable in our copy) says distress tolerance has been studied in relation to mood, anxiety, eating, personality, and substance use disorders. The paper’s abstract reports an association between one distress-tolerance measure and PTSD symptom severity, but it does not establish that lower distress tolerance contributes to the development or maintenance of that broad range of conditions; it explicitly says links to PTSD onset or maintenance remain theoretical. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Low distress tolerance is associated with elevated PTSD symptoms.

    “Low levels of distress tolerance have been found to be associated with elevated levels of PTSD symptoms (Marshall-Berenz et al., 2010; Vujanovic et al., 2011)”

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Authors
Marshall‐Berenz, E. C., Vujanovic, A. A., Bonn‐Miller, M. O., Bernstein, A., & Zvolensky, M. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Vermont (US)
  • Boston University (US)
  • VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
  • University of Haifa (IL)
Corresponding author
Zvolensky, Michael J.
Venue
Journal of Traumatic Stress
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2010-09-16
Volume
23
Issue
5
Pages
623-630
ISSN
  • 0894-9867 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6598
OpenAlex
W1990088076
Cited by
158
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 12
FWCI
10.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01da027533-04)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (F31MH080453, R01MH076629)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01-DA027533, 1 R01 DA027533-01)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Keywords
distress tolerance, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD symptom severity, trauma exposure, Distress Tolerance Scale, neuroticism, sex differences, community sample
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Severity of Illness Index, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress, Psychological, Vermont, Young Adult, Checklist

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