Citation

Spurrell MT, McFarlane AC. Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol. 1993; 28(4): 194-200.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Withington Hospital, Manchester, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8235807

Abstract

This study examines the role of coping in the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a nonpatient population following exposure to a natural disaster. In contrast to other studies, the use of all coping strategies was found to be associated with the presence of PTSD rather than the absence of symptoms. These data suggest that coping (in this sense) represents a psychological process used to contain the distress caused by symptoms as well as to manage environmental adversity.

Language: en