Department of Sociology, Kent State University.
J Trauma Stress. 2011 Feb;24(1):61-9. doi: 10.1002/jts.20603. Epub 2011 Jan 14.
Studies suggest that perievent panic attacks are predictive of future posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Using a population of New York City residents interviewed after the World Trade Center Disaster, the authors measured event exposure, perievent panic, potential confounding, mediating variables, and PTSD. When they estimated a structural equation model, with other stressor events, psychological resources, and Year 1 and Year 2 PTSD as latent variables and adjusted for confounders, the association between perievent panic and Year 2 PTSD was not significant. Results revealed that perievent panic was predictive of Year 1 PTSD, but not Year 2 PTSD. Year 2 stressors and Year 2 psychosocial resources were the best predictors of Year 2 PTSD.
研究表明,创伤前惊恐发作可预测未来的创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)。作者使用在世界贸易中心灾难后接受采访的纽约市居民群体,测量了事件暴露、创伤前惊恐、潜在混杂因素、中介变量和 PTSD。当他们估计一个结构方程模型时,将其他压力源事件、心理资源以及第 1 年和第 2 年 PTSD 作为潜在变量,并调整混杂因素,创伤前惊恐与第 2 年 PTSD 之间的关联不显著。结果表明,创伤前惊恐可预测第 1 年 PTSD,但不能预测第 2 年 PTSD。第 2 年的压力源和第 2 年的社会心理资源是预测第 2 年 PTSD 的最佳因素。