@article{ref1,
title="The interplay of perceived social support and posttraumatic psychological distress following orofacial injury",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2009",
author="Lui, Anna and Glynn, Shirley and Shetty, Vivek",
volume="197",
number="9",
pages="639-645",
abstract="Social support is believed to mediate psychosocial recovery in vulnerable populations after trauma. In this study, we examine the relationships between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a cohort of 287 socio-economically disadvantaged adults with orofacial injury, using 3 waves of data collected over a period of 1 year after the injury. Using structural equation modeling process, we evaluated the cross-lagged effects between perceived social support (PSS) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. We found that PSS had a direct influence on PTSD only when examined concurrently. After controlling the covariates, the model supports the cross-lagged effect for PTSD symptoms on PSS at T2 and T3, which suggests a reciprocal contribution between symptoms and support as time progressed. Our data suggest that, over time, high rates of PTSD symptoms are related to a diminished perception of available social support.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b3b127",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b3b127"
}