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The Ukraine-Russia war : a symptoms network of complex posttraumatic stress disorder during continuous traumatic stress
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Levin, Y., Ben-Ezra, M., Hamama-Raz, Y., Maercker, A., Goodwin, Robin, Leshem, E. and Bachem, R. (2023) The Ukraine-Russia war : a symptoms network of complex posttraumatic stress disorder during continuous traumatic stress. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy . ISSN 1942-9681. (In Press)
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Abstract
Objective:
This study is aimed to test the symptoms network of ICD-11 Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) symptoms, using data collected from Ukrainian civilians during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war. Findings can inform our understanding of the stress response in individuals exposed to continuous trauma and give insight into the nature of CPTSD during war.
Methods:
A network analysis was conducted on CPTSD symptoms as assessed by the International Trauma Questionnaire using data from a nationally representative sample of 2000 Ukrainians.
Results:
While Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Disturbances in Self Organization (DSO) clusters did not enmesh, several communities within these clusters were merged. Results highlight that in terms of strength centrality, emotional dysregulation (emotional numbing) and a heightened sense of threat were most prominent.
Conclusion:
The results confirm the ICD-11 structure of CPTSD but suggest that continuous traumatic stress manifests in more condensed associations between CPTSD symptoms and that emotional regulation may play a vital role in activating the CPTSD network. War-exposed populations could be provided with scalable, brief self-help materials focused on fostering emotion regulation and sense of threat.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Ukraine, Ukraine Conflict, 2014- -- Psychological aspects, Ukraine -- History -- Russian Invasion, 2022- | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy | ||||||
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1942-9681 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 2023 | ||||||
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| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ©American Psychological Association, [Year]. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: [ARTICLE DOI] | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 March 2023 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 March 2023 | ||||||
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