TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Posttraumatic stress disorder and quality of life in victims of a violent act at work: a longitudinal study
JO  - Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy
A1  - Villotti, Patrizia
A1  - Corbière, Marc
A1  - Guay, Stephane
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1942-9681
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000491
ID  - ref1
ER  -