@article{ref1,
title="Beliefs about traumatic memories, thought control strategies, and the impact on PTSD symptoms after a natural disaster",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2022",
author="Brown, Renée L. and Innes, Peter A. and Carter, Janet D. and Wood, Andrew and Love, Steven and Kannis-Dymand, Lee",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study aimed to investigate the relationships among self-reported meta-memory beliefs, thought control strategies (i.e., distraction, reappraisal, worry, social control, and punishment), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomology, among a sample of earthquake survivors (N = 412). Correlational analysis and structural equation modeling were used on the responses and showed that stronger positive and negative meta-memory beliefs, and greater worry and punishment, were associated with greater PTSD symptom severity. The results also indicated that meta-memory beliefs had a prominent indirect influence toward PTSD symptomology via their effects toward thought control strategies. Follow-up analysis of variance indicated that those with a history of mental health difficulties reported higher levels of PTSD symptom severity, were more likely to score in the range of clinically relevant PTSD, and had a stronger tendency to negatively appraise unwanted thinking styles. The results of this research provide overall support for the validity of the metacognitive model for PTSD.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0000000000001586",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001586"
}