Potrzeba rozmowy o zdarzeniu traumatycznym a poziom symptomów PTSD

• Authors: Dudek, Bohdan , Szymczak, Wiesław

Title variants

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Need of talking about traumatic event and PTSD symptoms development

Abstracts

EN

There were many studies on treatment and prophylaxis of PTSD. It was assumed that a need of talking about of the traumatic event has been a factor moderating relationship between exposure to traumatic event and PTSD symptoms development. Aim of the study was to test this assumption. The study was conducted on police officers according longitudinal procedure, it means that the study was performed in two stages with one year break. It was a possibility to make an analysis of obtained results as if it were two studies; cross-sectional and longitudinal ones. Each analysis let us draw opposing conclusions. Need of talking about traumatic event appeared to be a resistance factor in former one and a sensibilizing factor in letter one.

Keywords

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traumatic stress; PTSD; longitudinal study; cross-sectional study

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Psychologica
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 14

Dates

published

2010

Contributors

author

Dudek, Bohdan

author

Szymczak, Wiesław

other

Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytet Łódzki

Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/4645