@article{ref1,
title="Posttraumatic stress disorder and quality of life in victims of a violent act at work: a longitudinal study",
journal="Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy",
year="2019",
author="Villotti, Patrizia and Corbière, Marc and Guay, Stephane",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: With the general aim of better understanding their temporal relationships, trauma-related symptoms and quality of life were investigated among victims of a violent act at work. <br><br>METHOD: We used path analysis modeling to test the relationship between symptoms and quality of life as interrelated rather than merely sequential in a cohort of 189 individuals exposed to violence at work in the health care and public transit sector. <br><br>RESULTS: Results showed a pattern of reciprocal negative association between symptoms and quality of life over time and measurements of quality of life to impact significantly on subsequent perceptions of trauma-related symptoms. No indication of temporal relationship between trauma-related symptoms and subsequent quality of life was found in our study. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Study results increase our understanding of the longitudinal associations between trauma-related symptoms and quality of life as consequences of the exposure to workplace violence, and help to inform policy and practice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1942-9681",
doi="10.1037/tra0000491",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000491"
}