@article{ref1,
title="PTSD and re-offending risk: The mediating role of worry and a negative perception of other people's support",
journal="European journal of psychotraumatology",
year="2013",
author="Ardino, Vittoria and Milani, Luca and Di Blasio, Paola",
volume="4",
number="",
pages="21382-21382",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are mainly focused on victims of trauma. Very few studies explored the links between PTSD symptoms and re-offending risk in perpetrators of violence.   OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to assess the effect of PTSD symptoms on re-offending risk in prisoner populations with a focus on indirect effects of worry and a negative perception of other people's support on the relationship between PTSD and re-offending risk.   METHODS: 75 prisoners (25 females, mean age: 44.36 years; 50 males, mean age: 34.7 years) were assessed for exposure to child abuse and neglect, PTSD symptoms, worry, a negative perception of other people's support and re-offending risk. Mediation analyses tested the indirect effects of worry and a negative perception of other people's support on the relationship between PTSD and re-offending risk.   RESULTS: 72% participants presented PTSD symptoms and 30.7% were at risk of re-offending. Mediation analyses supported the hypothesis of a mediation pathway from PTSD to worry and a negative perception of other people's support to an increased risk of re-offending.   CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that prisoners report high rates of PTSD symptoms; furthermore, they highlight an important relationship between PTSD and re-offending risk. Findings suggest that future research should test further the indirect effects of negative cognitive and emotional states on the relationship of PTSD and re-offending risk and explore more in depth the role of PTSD to assess and treat prisoners.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2000-8198",
doi="10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21382",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21382"
}