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Anxiety Stress Coping. 2024 Jan 24:1-17. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2024.2307465. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Posttrauma reckless behaviors have been linked to the onset and exacerbation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, PTSD symptoms fluctuate across time, triggered by environmental stimuli in daily life, referred to as (intraindividual) variability in PTSD symptoms.
DESIGN: We utilized experience sampling methods to investigate associations between engagement in posttrauma reckless behaviors and variability in PTSD symptoms and the moderating role of emotion dysregulation in this association.
METHODS: Data from 166 trauma-exposed university students (Mage = 21.43 ± 5.07, 85.4% women) were collected between January 2019 to August 2020. Participants completed baseline and follow-up surveys to assess engagement in posttrauma reckless behaviors and daily surveys (10-days) to assess variability in PTSD symptoms. Results. Analyzes indicated greater baseline engagement in posttrauma reckless behaviors was associated with greater 10-day variability in PTSD symptoms (β = 0.23, p = .031), and baseline emotion dysregulation moderated this association (β = -0.33, p = .003). Additionally, greater 10-day variability in PTSD symptoms was associated with greater follow-up engagement in posttrauma reckless behaviors (β = 0.14, p = .045).
CONCLUSIONS: Findings substantiate the interplay between engagement in posttrauma reckless behaviors and daily fluctuations in PTSD symptoms and support therapeutically targeting both engagement in posttrauma reckless behaviors and emotion dysregulation to impact PTSD symptoms.
PMID:38268223 | DOI:10.1080/10615806.2024.2307465
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