TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - The interplay of perceived social support and posttraumatic psychological distress following orofacial injury
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Lui, Anna
A1  - Glynn, Shirley
A1  - Shetty, Vivek
SP  - 639
EP  - 645
VL  - 197
IS  - 9
N2  - Social support is believed to mediate psychosocial recovery in vulnerable populations after trauma. In this study, we examine the relationships between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a cohort of 287 socio-economically disadvantaged adults with orofacial injury, using 3 waves of data collected over a period of 1 year after the injury. Using structural equation modeling process, we evaluated the cross-lagged effects between perceived social support (PSS) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. We found that PSS had a direct influence on PTSD only when examined concurrently. After controlling the covariates, the model supports the cross-lagged effect for PTSD symptoms on PSS at T2 and T3, which suggests a reciprocal contribution between symptoms and support as time progressed. Our data suggest that, over time, high rates of PTSD symptoms are related to a diminished perception of available social support.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b3b127
ID  - ref1
ER  -