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- Title
PTSD and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction: Cluster- and Symptom-Level Analyses.
- Authors
LeBlanc, Nicole J.; Dixon, Louise; Robinaugh, Donald J.; Valentine, Sarah E.; Bosley, Hannah G.; Gerber, Monica W.; Marques, Luana
- Abstract
Previous studies have demonstrated bidirectional associations between posttraumatric stress disorder (PTSD) and romantic relationship dissatisfaction. Most of these studies were focused at the level of the disorder, examining the association between relationship dissatisfaction and having a diagnosis of PTSD or the total of PTSD symptoms endorsed. This disorder-level approach is problematic for trauma theorists who posit symptom-level mechanisms for these effects. In the present study, we examined the prospective, bidirectional associations between PTSD symptom clusters (e.g., reexperiencing) and relationship satisfaction using the data from 101 previously studied individuals who had had a recent motor vehicle accident. We also conducted exploratory analyses examining the prospective, bidirectional associations between individual PTSD symptoms and relationship satisfaction. Participants had completed the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version and the Relationship Assessment Scale at 4, 10, and 16 weeks after the MVA. We performed time-lagged mixed-effects regressions to examine the effect of lagged relationship satisfaction on PTSD clusters and symptoms, and vice versa. No cluster effects were significant after controlling for a false discovery rate. Relationship satisfaction predicted prospective decreases in reliving the trauma (d = 0.42), emotional numbness (d = 0.46), and irritability (d = 0.49). These findings were consistent with the position that relationship satisfaction affects PTSD through symptom-level mechanisms.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of post-traumatic stress disorder; RELATIONSHIP quality; SATISFACTION; INTERPERSONAL relations &; psychology; EMOTIONAL trauma; POST-traumatic stress disorder; TRAFFIC accidents -- Psychological aspects; INTERPERSONAL relations; LONGITUDINAL method; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; SELF-evaluation; SEVERITY of illness index
- Publication
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2016, Vol 29, Issue 3, p259
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/jts.22100