Kaspersen Marianne, Matthiesen Stig Berge, Götestam K Gunnar
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
Scand J Psychol. 2003 Dec;44(5):415-23. doi: 10.1046/j.1467-9450.2003.00362.x.
Social network as a moderator between trauma exposure and post-trauma symptomatology was studied. Two samples--relief workers and UN soldiers--were assessed on trauma exposure, social network and three dependent measures related to post-trauma reactions. Regression analysis and interaction plots were used to determine the presence of interaction effects between trauma exposure and social network. All four network variables moderated the relationship between trauma exposure and post-trauma reactions among relief workers, while among UN soldiers only two such buffer effects were found. Furthermore, among UN soldiers one of these interaction effects was reversed, indicating social support to be important for those low on trauma exposure, while among relief workers support was important in the high-exposure condition. The results indicate a difference with respect to the importance of social network as a moderator between groups exposed to different kinds of war trauma. Differences in motivational systems may also exist. However, further research will have to establish this.
研究了社交网络作为创伤暴露与创伤后症状之间的调节因素。对两组样本——救援人员和联合国士兵——进行了创伤暴露、社交网络以及与创伤后反应相关的三项因变量测量评估。采用回归分析和交互作用图来确定创伤暴露与社交网络之间是否存在交互效应。所有四个网络变量都调节了救援人员中创伤暴露与创伤后反应之间的关系，而在联合国士兵中仅发现了两种此类缓冲效应。此外，在联合国士兵中，其中一种交互效应是相反的，这表明社会支持对创伤暴露程度低的人很重要，而在救援人员中，支持在高暴露情况下很重要。结果表明，在接触不同类型战争创伤的群体中，社交网络作为调节因素的重要性存在差异。动机系统可能也存在差异。然而，这还有待进一步研究来证实。
