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- Title
Female Partners' Estimations of Male Veterans' Combat-Related PTSD Severity.
- Authors
Gallagher, James G.; Riggs, David S.; Byrne, Christina A.; Weathers, Frank W.
- Abstract
This study investigated concordance between male Vietnam veterans' and their female partners' reports of veterans' posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Fifty male Vietnam combat veterans and their partners rated the severity of their own PTSD symptoms. Also, partners rated the severity of veterans' symptoms. Results indicated modest levels of agreement in reports of symptom presence/absence. Partner ratings of veterans' PTSD severity were positively correlated with veteran reports and partners' own self-reported PTSD symptoms. After controlling for veterans' self-reported symptoms, partners' symptoms significantly predicted their estimates of veterans' avoidance symptoms, but not veterans' reexperiencing or hyperarousal symptoms. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
- Subjects
VIETNAM veterans; POST-traumatic stress disorder; INTERPERSONAL relations; TRAUMATISM; SPOUSES; ESTIMATES
- Publication
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1998, Vol 11, Issue 2, p367
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1024411422586