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Testing the Association between Negative... - Document (936 K) |
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| Author |
Sherrer, Margaret Verona |
| Title |
Testing the Association between Negative Appraisal and Traumatic Stress Symptoms among Community Clients with Serious Mental Illness |
| Date created |
2011 |
| Abstract |
A compelling body of literature suggests that negative appraisal may be associated with adverse reactions to traumatic stress (Ehlers & Clark, 2000). However, very few studies have examined how cognitive appraisal influences posttraumatic adaptation in people with serious mental illness (SMI) despite evidence of disproportionately high prevalence rates of trauma exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in this population. The major purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between negative appraisal and PTSD symptoms among adults diagnosed with SMI. It was hypothesized that negative appraisal would have a positive and significant association with traumatic stress symptoms in a clinical sample of community clients diagnosed with major mood and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders when controlling for gender, total lifetime trauma, substance use, and severity of symptoms associated with SMI. Multiple regression was employed to conduct a secondary analysis of clinical data from 291 community support clients who were receiving services from three community mental health centers in the state of Rhode Island during March to September 2009. Results supported the main hypotheses that all three types of negative appraisal with respect to self, world /others, and self blame as well as overall appraisal were positively and significantly associated with PTSD symptoms. |
| Use Restrictions |
I hereby allow Boston College to include and preserve my dissertation/thesis in electronic form in the Boston College Institutional Repository, which shall include the right to publicly post my dissertation/thesis on the World Wide Web. I will retain copyright ownership, but I grant to Boston College the non-exclusive right to copy, distribute, and publicly display my dissertation/thesis in any form as may be necessary or convenient in the future as file formats, storage media, and distribution mechanisms evolve. |
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cognitive appraisal |
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major mood disorders |
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posttraumatic stress; PTSD |
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schizophrenia |
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Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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text |
| Publisher |
Boston College |
| Link to Item |
2345/2171 |
| Thesis Advisor |
Shen, Ce |
| Degree Name |
PhD |
| Degree Grantor |
Boston College. Graduate School of Social Work. |
| Sys. No. |
000011853 |
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