Citation

Adams RE, Boscarino JA. J. Trauma. Stress 2013; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Kent State University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jts.20603

PMID

21240933

Abstract

Studies suggest that peri-event panic attacks are predictive of future posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Using a population of New York City residents interviewed after the World Trade Center Disaster, the authors measured event exposure, peri-event panic, potential confounding, mediating variables, and PTSD. When they estimated a structural equation model, with other stressor events, psychological resources, and Year 1 and Year 2 PTSD as latent variables and adjusted for confounders, the association between peri-event panic and Year 2 PTSD was not significant. Results revealed that peri-event panic was predictive of Year 1 PTSD, but not Year 2 PTSD. Year 2 stressors and Year 2 psychosocial resources were the best predictors of Year 2 PTSD.

Language: en