Mackey Chelsea D, Schultz Megan E, Nguyen Kristina H, Mettert Kayne D, Bernabe Almira Mae, Garcia Melissa, Jaffe Anna E, Larimer Mary E
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
J Soc Pers Relat. 2024 Oct;41(10):2983-3007. doi: 10.1177/02654075241259106. Epub 2024 Jun 7.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and hazardous drinking have been linked to lower relationship satisfaction; however, few studies have evaluated these associations over time in a college sample. The current study aimed to examine within-person and between-person longitudinal main and interactive effects of self-reported PTSD symptoms and hazardous drinking on relationship satisfaction in a college sample. We further examined whether individual PTSD symptom clusters (i.e., re-experiencing, avoidance, hyperarousal, and emotional numbing) uniquely predicted relationship satisfaction. College students in current dating relationships ( = 307; 71% cisgender women) completed online self-report measures assessing relationship satisfaction, PTSD symptoms, and hazardous alcohol use on four occasions across 12 months. Multilevel models revealed that students with more severe PTSD symptoms had lower relationship satisfaction on average (i.e., at the between-person level). Additionally, higher hazardous drinking at the within-person and between-person levels was associated with lower relationship satisfaction. When examining specific PTSD symptom clusters, results indicated only emotional numbing symptoms were negatively associated with relationship satisfaction at the between-person and within-person level after controlling for other PTSD symptom clusters. Collectively, these results underscore the impact of within- and between-person individual differences in PTSD symptoms and hazardous drinking on romantic relationships in college student populations.
创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状与危险饮酒与较低的恋爱关系满意度有关；然而，很少有研究在大学样本中随时间评估这些关联。本研究旨在考察在大学样本中，自我报告的PTSD症状和危险饮酒对恋爱关系满意度的个体内和个体间纵向主效应及交互效应。我们进一步考察了个体PTSD症状群（即重新体验、回避、过度警觉和情感麻木）是否能独特地预测恋爱关系满意度。处于当前恋爱关系中的大学生（n = 307；71%为顺性别女性）在12个月内分四次完成了评估恋爱关系满意度、PTSD症状和危险酒精使用情况的在线自我报告测量。多层次模型显示，PTSD症状更严重的学生平均恋爱关系满意度较低（即在个体间水平上）。此外，个体内和个体间危险饮酒程度较高与较低的恋爱关系满意度相关。在考察特定的PTSD症状群时，结果表明，在控制了其他PTSD症状群后，仅情感麻木症状在个体间和个体内水平上与恋爱关系满意度呈负相关。总体而言，这些结果强调了PTSD症状和危险饮酒在个体内和个体间的个体差异对大学生恋爱关系的影响。
