Disaster-related posttraumatic stress symptoms and sustained attention: evaluation of depressive symptomatology and sleep disturbances as mediators |
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Authors: | Meewisse Marie-Louise Nijdam Mirjam J de Vries Giel-Jan Gersons Berthold P R Kleber Rolf J van der Velden Peter G Roskam Albert-Jan Christiaanse Berdi Drogendijk Annelieke N Olff Miranda |
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Affiliation: | Center for Psychological Trauma, Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center/De Meren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.l.meewisse@amc.uva.nl |
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Abstract: | Research about attentional functioning following trauma has almost exclusively been performed in patient populations with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this study the relationship between sustained attention and PTSD symptoms was examined in a community sample of survivors of a major disaster using the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT) and the Self-Rating Scale for PTSD (SRS-PTSD) 2-3 years postdisaster. Analyses revealed low but significant partial correlations between PTSD symptoms and the least difficult subtests, ruling out the effects of age, education, depressive symptomatology, and sleep disturbances. These results demonstrate that PTSD symptoms link to attentional dysfunction 2-3 years postdisaster. |
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