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Lifetime traumatic stressors and adverse childhood experiences uniquely predict concurrent PTSD, complex PTSD, and dissociative subtype of PTSD symptoms whereas recent adult non-traumatic stressors do not: results from an online survey study

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Frewen, Paul, Zhu, Jenney, Lanius, Ruth·2019·European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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This retrospective survey study compared the differential risk of lifetime traumatic stressors, so-called "non-traumatic stressors" experienced over the past year, referring to life events that do not meet the criteria for A1 traumatic events, and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) on severity of DSM-5 versus ICD-11 PTSD, Complex PTSD (CPTSD), and dissociative subtype of PTSD (D-PTSD) symptoms among 418 participants recruited online. In pairwise analyses, all stress types were associated with all outcomes. However, multiple regression and factor analyses indicated that whereas the number of different lifetime traumatic events participants reported experiencing, together with the number of ACE participants experienced, uniquely predicted DSM-5 PTSD, D-PTSD and ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD symptoms, the number of non-traumatic stressors they experienced during the last year did not. Moreover, ACE uniquely predicted all outcomes even after accounting for lifetime traumatic stress. These results provide further support for the particularly high risk of lifetime traumatic stressors and ACE in predicting trauma and stressor-related symptoms. Future research directions are discussed.

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  • Psychologically threatening events can have negative mental health consequences for male victims too, including psychological IPV.

    “It is important to recognize that psychologically threatening events can have negative mental health consequences for male victims too [17, 92, 93], including psychological IPV, and thus, preventive efforts and treatment interventions should also be available for male victims.”

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    The Method (Participants; page unavailable) reports that 48.33% of the sample was male, and the Method (Materials; page unavailable) includes childhood verbal abuse among the adverse experiences assessed. The paper relates adverse experiences to PTSD symptoms, but the passages found do not establish an effect specifically in male victims or address psychological intimate-partner violence; searches included male victims, partner violence, and psychologically threatening events. (LLM, conf=0.79)

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Authors
Frewen, P., Zhu, J., & Lanius, R.
Affiliations
Western University (CA)
Corresponding author
Frewen, Paul
Venue
European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Published
2019-05-08
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
1606625-1606625
ISSN
2000-8066 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2944720246
Cited by
151
References
42
Citations by year
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FWCI
18.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (366867)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
Keywords
adverse childhood experiences, complex PTSD, dissociative subtype of PTSD, posttraumatic stress symptoms, recent life events, trauma- and stressor-related disorders, dissociation

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