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dc.contributor.authorMcNally, Richard J.
dc.contributor.authorRobinaugh, Donald John
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-22T16:51:33Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationMcNally, Richard J., and Donald John Robinaugh. 2011. Risk factors and posttraumatic stress disorder: Are they especially predictive following exposure to less severe stressors? Depression and Anxiety 28(12): 1091–1096.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1091-4269en_US
dc.identifier.issn1520-6394en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8916390
dc.description.abstractBackground: The diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) requires exposure to a traumatic stressor, as defined by Criterion A in the DSM criteria for PTSD. Yet, over the course of successive revisions of the diagnostic manual, the range of qualifying stressors has expanded considerably (e.g., watching terrorist attacks on television). Moreover, stressors that fall short of qualifying for even an expanded Criterion A can produce apparent PTSD. Taken together, these findings imply that people who do satisfy symptomatic criteria for PTSD following exposure to less severe stressors carry a heavy burden of risk factors. Method: To test this hypothesis, we examined whether the association between the risk factor of lower intelligence and more severe PTSD and depression symptoms would be greater among women reporting less severe CSA (n = 15) relative to women who reported moderate (n = 54) or high (n = 31) severity CSA. Results: The evidence was consistent with this hypothesis for subjects in the low and moderate severity groups, but less so for those in the high severity group. Conclusions: Lower intelligence was a more potent risk factor for posttraumatic distress among people exposed to less severe relative to moderately severe stressors.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPsychologyen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.1002/da.20867en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21818823en_US
dash.licenseOAP
dc.subjectPTSDen_US
dc.subjectsexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectresilienceen_US
dc.subjectconceptual bracket creepen_US
dc.subjectcriterion Aen_US
dc.titleRisk Factors and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Are They Especially Predictive Following Exposure to Less Severe Stressors?en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionAuthor's Originalen_US
dc.relation.journalDepression and Anxietyen_US
dash.depositing.authorMcNally, Richard J.
dc.date.available2012-06-22T16:51:33Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/da.20867*
dash.contributor.affiliatedMcNally, Richard
dash.contributor.affiliatedRobinaugh, Donald


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