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ANXIETY STRESS AND COPING
Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 449-461Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10615800903414315
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PTSD; stress; disclosure; group therapy; anxiety
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This study examined the relationships among the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, dissociation with self-disclosure among 72 male military veterans with PTSD who were attending an eight-week group therapy treatment program. At intake to the program, participants were administered a baseline demographics questionnaire, the Clinicians Administered PTSD Scale, a dissociation measure, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Participants completed the dissociation measure and the HADS again at discharge from the program and at a follow-up three months later. We found that the frequency and severity of dissociation reported by participants decreased over time. It was also found that high self-disclosers had higher levels of dissociation when compared to low self-disclosers at baseline and program end, but showed a greater decline in levels of dissociation at three-month follow-up. It was also found that, regardless of the level of disclosure, anxiety levels at follow-up were significantly lower than baseline levels of anxiety.
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