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Citation
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Levin Y, Ben-Ezra M, Hamama-Raz Y, Maercker A, Goodwin R, Leshem E, Bachem R. Psychol. Trauma 2023; ePub(ePub): ePub. |
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Abstract
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OBJECTIVE: This study is aimed to test the symptoms network of International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11) complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) symptoms, using data collected from Ukrainian civilians during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war.
FINDINGS can inform our understanding of the stress response in individuals exposed to continuous trauma and give insight into the nature of CPTSD during the war.
METHOD: A network analysis was conducted on CPTSD symptoms as assessed by the International Trauma Questionnaire using data from a nationally representative sample of 2,000 Ukrainians.
RESULTS: While PTSD and disturbances in self-organization clusters did not enmesh, several communities within these clusters were merged.
RESULTS highlight that in terms of strength centrality, emotional dysregulation (emotional numbing) and a heightened sense of threat (SoT) were most prominent.
CONCLUSION: The results confirm the ICD-11 structure of CPTSD but suggest that continuous traumatic stress manifests in more condensed associations between CPTSD symptoms and that emotional regulation may play a vital role in activating the CPTSD network. War-exposed populations could be provided with scalable, brief self-help materials focused on fostering emotion regulation and an SoT. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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