TY - JOUR
T1 - Multimethod study of distress tolerance and PTSD symptom severity in a trauma-exposed community sample
AU - Marshall-Berenz, Erin C.
AU - Vujanovic, Anka A.
AU - Bonn-Miller, Marcel O.
AU - Bernstein, Amit
AU - Zvolensky, Michael J.
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - Despite initial evidence linking distress tolerance to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, there is a need for the investigation of interrelations among multiple measures of distress tolerance and PTSD symptom severity. Therefore, the present study investigated concurrent relations among multiple measures of distress tolerance, as well as the relations between these measures and PTSD symptom severity, within a trauma-exposed community sample. The sample consisted of 81 trauma-exposed adults (63.1% women). Results indicated that Distress Tolerance Scale (Simons & Gaher, 2005) scores, but no other measures of distress tolerance were significantly related to PTSD symptom severity above and beyond the variance accounted for by number of traumas, trait-level neuroticism, and participant sex. Implications and future directions are discussed.
AB - Despite initial evidence linking distress tolerance to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, there is a need for the investigation of interrelations among multiple measures of distress tolerance and PTSD symptom severity. Therefore, the present study investigated concurrent relations among multiple measures of distress tolerance, as well as the relations between these measures and PTSD symptom severity, within a trauma-exposed community sample. The sample consisted of 81 trauma-exposed adults (63.1% women). Results indicated that Distress Tolerance Scale (Simons & Gaher, 2005) scores, but no other measures of distress tolerance were significantly related to PTSD symptom severity above and beyond the variance accounted for by number of traumas, trait-level neuroticism, and participant sex. Implications and future directions are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1002/jts.20568
DO - 10.1002/jts.20568
M3 - Article
C2 - 20848616
AN - SCOPUS:77958556820
SN - 0894-9867
VL - 23
SP - 623
EP - 630
JO - Journal of Traumatic Stress
JF - Journal of Traumatic Stress
IS - 5
ER -