Department of Gerontology, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2012;3. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.7165. Epub 2012 Oct 25.
Two studies examined peritraumatic symptoms due to war-related stress among hospital personnel with different affect types. In Study 1, we examined 80 Israeli hospital personnel during the period they were exposed to frequent missile attacks in the Second Lebanon War. In Study 2, we examined 67 and 74 Israeli hospital personnel during the time they were exposed and were not exposed, respectively, to missile attacks in the Gaza "Cast Lead" operation. In both studies, hospital personnel completed measures of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms as well as of positive- and negative-affect items (PA and NA, respectively). Exposed personnel with a positive congruent (high PA and low NA) or a deflated incongruent (low PA and low NA) affective types had a lower level of peritraumatic symptoms compared to those with a negative congruent (low PA and high NA) or an inflated incongruent (high PA and NA) affective types. Study 2 further showed that among non-exposed personnel, only personnel with a negative congruent affective type had a higher level of peritraumatic symptoms compared to personnel with other affective types. Clinical implications and required future studies are discussed.
两项研究考察了不同情绪类型的医院工作人员因战争相关压力而产生的创伤前症状。在研究 1 中，我们在第二次黎巴嫩战争期间，对 80 名以色列医院工作人员进行了研究，他们经常受到导弹袭击。在研究 2 中，我们分别在加沙地带“铸铅行动”期间，对 67 名和 74 名以色列医院工作人员进行了暴露和未暴露于导弹袭击的研究。在这两项研究中，医院工作人员都完成了创伤后应激障碍症状以及正性和负性情绪项目（PA 和 NA）的测量。与负性一致（低 PA 和高 NA）或泄气不一致（低 PA 和低 NA）情绪类型的暴露人员相比，具有正性一致（高 PA 和低 NA）或膨胀不一致（高 PA 和 NA）情绪类型的暴露人员创伤前症状水平较低。研究 2 进一步表明，在未暴露的人员中，只有具有负性一致情绪类型的人员的创伤前症状水平高于其他情绪类型的人员。讨论了临床意义和未来需要进行的研究。
