@article{ref1,
title="The Ukraine-Russia war: a symptoms network of complex posttraumatic stress disorder during continuous traumatic stress",
journal="Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy",
year="2023",
author="Levin, Yafit and Ben-Ezra, Menachem and Hamama-Raz, Yaira and Maercker, Andreas and Goodwin, Robin and Leshem, Elazar and Bachem, Rahel",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study is aimed to test the symptoms network of International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11) complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) symptoms, using data collected from Ukrainian civilians during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war. <br><br>FINDINGS can inform our understanding of the stress response in individuals exposed to continuous trauma and give insight into the nature of CPTSD during the war. <br><br>METHOD: A network analysis was conducted on CPTSD symptoms as assessed by the International Trauma Questionnaire using data from a nationally representative sample of 2,000 Ukrainians. <br><br>RESULTS: While PTSD and disturbances in self-organization clusters did not enmesh, several communities within these clusters were merged. <br><br>RESULTS highlight that in terms of strength centrality, emotional dysregulation (emotional numbing) and a heightened sense of threat (SoT) were most prominent. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The results confirm the ICD-11 structure of CPTSD but suggest that continuous traumatic stress manifests in more condensed associations between CPTSD symptoms and that emotional regulation may play a vital role in activating the CPTSD network. War-exposed populations could be provided with scalable, brief self-help materials focused on fostering emotion regulation and an SoT. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1942-9681",
doi="10.1037/tra0001522",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001522"
}