Coping with Gulf War combat stress: mediating and moderating effects.
J Abnorm Psychol
; 109(2): 188-97, 2000 May.
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| ID: mdl-10895556
ABSTRACT
The authors examined relationships between method of coping with combat-related stress and psychological symptoms among Gulf War Army personnel (N = 1,058). Participants were surveyed on return from the Gulf region (Time 1) with the Coping Responses Inventory (R. Moos, 1990) and a measure of combat exposure. Outcomes were symptom measures of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. At Time 2 (18-24 months) participants completed the same symptom measures and an index of postwar stress. Higher proportions of approach-based coping in the war zone were related to lower levels of psychological symptoms. Combat exposure moderated the effects of coping on Time 1 PTSD. Coping predicted changes in symptoms of depression but not PTSD. Combat exposure affected changes in depression through postwar stress but had a direct negative effect on PTSD.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Adaptação Psicológica
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Distúrbios de Guerra
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Militares
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Abnorm Psychol
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos