@article{ref1,
title="Disgust and the development of posttraumatic stress among soldiers deployed to Afghanistan",
journal="Journal of anxiety disorders",
year="2011",
author="Engelhard, Iris M. and Olatunji, Bunmi O. and de Jong, Peter J.",
volume="25",
number="1",
pages="58-63",
abstract="Although the DSM-IV recognizes that events can traumatize by evoking horror, not just fear, the role of disgust in the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has received little research attention. In a study of soldiers deployed to Afghanistan, we examined whether reports of peritraumatic disgust and trait disgust vulnerability factors (disgust propensity and disgust sensitivity) predict PTSD-symptoms, independently of peritraumatic fear, neuroticism, and anxiety sensitivity. Participants (N=174) enrolled in this study before deployment, and were retested around 6 months (N=138; 79%) and, again, 15 months (N=107; 62%) after returning home. The results showed that (1) greater peritraumatic disgust and fear independently predicted PTSD-symptom severity at 6 months, (2) greater disgust propensity predicted more peritraumatic disgust, but not PTSD-symptom severity, and (3) disgust sensitivity moderated the relationship between peritraumatic disgust and PTSD-symptom severity. Implications of these findings for broadening the affective vulnerabilities that may contribute to PTSD will be discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0887-6185",
doi="10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.08.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.08.003"
}