@article{ref1,
title="Persistent dissociation as predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder in psychosocial disaster workers",
journal="Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie",
year="2006",
author="Brauchle, Gernot",
volume="56",
number="8",
pages="342-346",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The author prospectively examined the power of persistent dissociation in predicting acute and chronic posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) in psychologists, psychotherapists, crisis intervention teams and clergymen after a disaster. METHODS: 135 psychosocial disaster workers were assessed (6 weeks and 6 months after the catastrophe) with the Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS), the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS) and the German short version of the Dissociative Experience Scale (FDS-20). Correlational analysis and a hierarchical multiple regression analysis were conducted. RESULTS: Persistent dissociation and acute stress symptoms were correlated with later acute and chronic PTSD diagnosis. Together, persistent dissociation und acute stress symptoms accounted for 74 % (m)/36 % (w) of the acute and 58 % (m)/44 % (w) of the variance in PTSD symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: The results support that persistent dissociation is a main predictor of acute and chronic posttraumatic stress symptoms in disaster workers.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0937-2032",
doi="10.1055/s-2006-940014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2006-940014"
}