Suazo Nazaret C, Reyes Miranda E, Contractor Ateka A, Thomas Emmanuel D, Weiss Nicole H
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2022 Feb;78(2):343-356. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23226. Epub 2021 Jul 28.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized in part by negative alterations of cognition or mood, including alterations in emotional expressivity, or the extent to which one outwardly displays emotions. Yet, research in this area has relied on predominantly white samples and neglected to consider the potential role of gender, despite there being demonstrated gender differences in both PTSD symptom severity and emotional expressivity, separately. The goal of the current study was to fill a critical gap in the literature by examining the moderating role of gender in the relation between PTSD symptom severity and emotional expressivity in a sample of trauma-exposed Black adults.
Participants were 207 Black individuals enrolled in a historically Black university in the Southern United States (68.6% female; M = 22.32 years).
Findings provided support for the moderating role of gender in the association between PTSD symptom severity and emotional expressivity. Specifically, greater PTSD symptom severity was inversely related to emotional expressivity among trauma-exposed Black males and positively associated with emotional expressivity among trauma-exposed Black females.
These results suggest the potential need for gender-specific assessment and treatment techniques for PTSD symptom severity among trauma-exposed Black college students.
创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的部分特征是认知或情绪的负面改变，包括情绪表达的改变，即一个人外在表现情绪的程度。然而，该领域的研究主要依赖白人样本，并且尽管PTSD症状严重程度和情绪表达方面分别存在性别差异，但却忽略了考虑性别的潜在作用。本研究的目的是通过考察性别在遭受创伤的黑人成年人样本中PTSD症状严重程度与情绪表达之间关系的调节作用，来填补文献中的一个关键空白。
参与者为207名就读于美国南部一所历史悠久的黑人大学的黑人个体（68.6%为女性；平均年龄 = 22.32岁）。
研究结果支持了性别在PTSD症状严重程度与情绪表达之间关联中的调节作用。具体而言，在遭受创伤的黑人男性中，较高的PTSD症状严重程度与情绪表达呈负相关，而在遭受创伤的黑人女性中则与情绪表达呈正相关。
这些结果表明，对于遭受创伤的黑人大学生中PTSD症状严重程度，可能需要针对性别的评估和治疗技术。
