The effects of coping strategies on PTSD in victims of a terror attack and their spouses: Testing dyadic dynamics using an actor-partner interdependence model

Ora Gilbar; Michael Weinberg; Sharon Gil

doi:10.1177/0265407511426939

The effects of coping strategies on PTSD in victims of a terror attack and their spouses: Testing dyadic dynamics using an actor-partner interdependence model

Ora Gilbar, Michael Weinberg, Sharon Gil

School of Social Work

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Abstract

Objectives: The study examined the effect of victims' and spouses' coping strategies on PTSD in victim-spouse dyads, using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM). Method: A total of 72 dyads consisting of injured victims who were exposed to terror attacks, and their spouses who were not injured, participated in the study based on lists prepared by the "One Family" organization in Israel. PTSD symptoms were assessed using PSS-SR, and coping strategies (emotion-focused and problem-focused) were assessed by means of the COPE measure. Results: The APIM model showed that spouse's emotion-focused coping impacted victim's and spouse's PTSD, and victim's gender impacted spouse's PTSD. Conclusions: Spousal emotion-focused coping is a significant factor in both victims' and spouses' PTSD, while problem-focused coping is not.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	246-261
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407511426939
State	Published - Mar 2012

Keywords

PTSD
coping
dyad
spouses
victim

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Communication
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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