Citation

Hruska B, Irish LA, Pacella ML, Sledjeski EM, Delahanty DL. J. Anxiety Disord. 2014; 28(7): 644-649.

Affiliation

Kent State University, Department of Psychology, Kent, OH, USA; Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), Department of Psychology in Psychiatry, Rootstown, OH, USA; Summa Health System, Medical Research Staff, Akron, OH, USA. Electronic address: ddelahan@kent.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.06.009

PMID

25124501

Abstract

We conducted a latent class analysis (LCA) on 249 recent motor vehicle accident (MVA) victims to examine subgroups that differed in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, current major depressive disorder and alcohol/other drug use disorders (MDD/AoDs), gender, and interpersonal trauma history 6-weeks post-MVA. A 4-class model best fit the data with a resilient class displaying asymptomatic PTSD symptom levels/low levels of comorbid disorders; a mild psychopathology class displaying mild PTSD symptom severity and current MDD; a moderate psychopathology class displaying severe PTSD symptom severity and current MDD/AoDs; and a severe psychopathology class displaying extreme PTSD symptom severity and current MDD. Classes also differed with respect to gender composition and history of interpersonal trauma experience. These findings may aid in the development of targeted interventions for recent MVA victims through the identification of subgroups distinguished by different patterns of psychiatric problems experienced 6-weeks post-MVA.

Language: en