Citation

Lambert JE, Benight CC, Wong T, Johnson LE. Psychol. Trauma 2013; 5(5): 494-500.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/a0029307

PMID

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Abstract

The authors tested a mediation model of trauma-related psychological distress based on social-cognitive theory (Bandura, 1997) among a sample of women (n = 55) who had recently experienced intimate partner violence. It was proposed that survivors of intimate partner violence who reported (a) greater cognitive bias when interpreting physiological sensations and (b) lower coping self-efficacy specific to recovery demands associated with intimate partner violence would also report more severe symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression. Further, coping self-efficacy was tested as a mediator of the associations between this type of cognitive bias and psychological distress variables (i.e., PTSD & Depression). Results of the cross-sectional analysis suggest that cognitive bias influenced PTSD and depression both directly and indirectly through coping self-efficacy. Limitations and implications are discussed.