Avoidant coping style and post-traumatic stress following motor vehicle accidents

doi:10.1016/0005-7967(94)00093-Y

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volume 33, Issue 6, July 1995, Pages 631-635

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Abstract

Predictors of post-traumatic intrusive symptomatology were studied in 56 motor vehicle accident (MVA) survivors 12 months after their MVA. Measures were obtained on Ss' subjective response to the trauma, objective indices of injury severity, coping response (Coping Style Questionnaire), and post-traumatic stress (Impact of Event Scale; IES). Significant levels of intrusive and avoidance symptomatology were reported by 20% of MVA survivors. An avoidant coping style and compensation accounted for 41% of variance of IES-Intrusion scores. Findings are discussed in terms of the role of avoidance behaviour in post-traumatic adjustment.

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Avoidant coping style and post-traumatic stress following motor vehicle accidents

Abstract

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Behavior Therapy

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

The abbreviated injury scale

The role of coping responses and social resources in attenuating the stress of life events

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Assault characteristics and posttraumatic stress disorder in rape victims

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia

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Journal of Clinical Psychology

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Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

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Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

Identifying survivors at risk: Long-term impairment following the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology