Citation

Brauchle G. Psychother. Psychosom. Med. Psychol. 2006; 56(8): 342-346.

Vernacular Title

Persistierende Dissoziation als Pradiktor posttraumatischer Belastungsstorungen

Affiliation

Institut fur Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Sozialmedizin, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Innsbruck.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-2006-940014

PMID

16807817

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The author prospectively examined the power of persistent dissociation in predicting acute and chronic posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) in psychologists, psychotherapists, crisis intervention teams and clergymen after a disaster. METHODS: 135 psychosocial disaster workers were assessed (6 weeks and 6 months after the catastrophe) with the Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS), the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS) and the German short version of the Dissociative Experience Scale (FDS-20). Correlational analysis and a hierarchical multiple regression analysis were conducted. RESULTS: Persistent dissociation and acute stress symptoms were correlated with later acute and chronic PTSD diagnosis. Together, persistent dissociation und acute stress symptoms accounted for 74 % (m)/36 % (w) of the acute and 58 % (m)/44 % (w) of the variance in PTSD symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: The results support that persistent dissociation is a main predictor of acute and chronic posttraumatic stress symptoms in disaster workers.

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