Morabito Danielle M, Babson Kimberly A, Badour Christal L, Feldner Matthew T
National Center for PTSD-Dissemination & Training Division, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, 106 B Kastle Hall, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA.
J Exp Psychopathol. 2019 Jan-Mar;10(1). doi: 10.1177/2043808719831472. Epub 2019 Mar 14.
Experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated an association between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and anger. Expanding upon past research, the current study examined the interactive associations among PTSS, distress tolerance (DT), and anger responding among a sample of 95 trauma-exposed adults. This study used a personalized script-driven imagery procedure to gauge emotional responses. Results from a hierarchical linear regression demonstrated a main effect of PTSS and an interaction between PTSS and DT. Simple slope analyses indicated that PTSS level was unrelated to anger responding among traumatic event-exposed people relatively low in DT, while anger responses were positively correlated with levels of PTSS among those relatively higher in DT. These findings highlight the need for future research to consider distress tolerance as well as other emotional vulnerability factors in assessing PTSD-related anger.
实验和临床研究表明,创伤后应激症状(PTSS)与愤怒之间存在关联。在以往研究的基础上,本研究调查了95名有过创伤经历的成年人样本中PTSS、痛苦耐受性(DT)和愤怒反应之间的交互关联。本研究采用个性化脚本驱动的意象程序来评估情绪反应。分层线性回归结果显示了PTSS的主效应以及PTSS与DT之间的交互作用。简单斜率分析表明,在DT相对较低的创伤事件暴露人群中,PTSS水平与愤怒反应无关,而在DT相对较高的人群中,愤怒反应与PTSS水平呈正相关。这些发现凸显了未来研究在评估与创伤后应激障碍相关的愤怒时,需要考虑痛苦耐受性以及其他情绪脆弱性因素。