@article{ref1,
title="The effects of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on educational functioning in student veterans",
journal="Psychological services",
year="2019",
author="Morissette, Sandra B. and Ryan-Gonzalez, Clark and Yufik, Tomas and Debeer, Bryann B. and Kimbrel, Nathan A. and Sorrells, Audrey M. and Holleran-Steiker, Lori and Penk, Walter E. and Gulliver, Suzy B. and Meyer, Eric C.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs at high rates among student veterans and is known to negatively impact educational functioning; however, the unique effects of PTSD are less clear, given that PTSD is highly comorbid with many other conditions that could potentially affect educational functioning. The present study had two objectives: (a) to determine the impact of PTSD symptom severity on educational functioning after accounting for demographic variables, traumatic brain injury, and commonly co-occurring mental health conditions; and (b) to identify which symptom clusters of PTSD have the greatest impact on educational functioning. Educational functioning and other commonly occurring mental health conditions were assessed cross-sectionally among 90 student veterans. Traumatic brain injury and major depressive disorder (MDD) were initially associated with impaired educational functioning; however, after adding PTSD into the final model, only PTSD (β =.44, <i>p</i> <.001) and MDD (β =.31, <i>p</i> =.001) remained associated with educational impairment. Follow-up analyses indicated that the reexperiencing symptom cluster was most strongly associated with impaired educational functioning (β =.28, <i>p</i> =.031). Overall, these results suggest that PTSD symptoms-especially reexperiencing symptoms-may be a driving force behind impaired educational impairment, even after accounting for other commonly co-occurring mental health conditions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1541-1559",
doi="10.1037/ser0000356",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ser0000356"
}