Citation

Ring L, Lavenda O, Hamama-Raz Y, Ben-Ezra M, Pitcho-Prelorentzos S, David UY, Zaken A, Mahat-Shamir M. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 2018; 206(1): 69-71.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NMD.0000000000000738

PMID

29271826

Abstract

ICD-11 has provided a revised definition for adjustment disorder (AjD). The current study examined whether mortality salience effect, a possible consequence of a terror attack, may serve as a significant predictor associated with each of the AjD subscales. Using an online survey, 379 adult participants were recruited and filled out self-reported questionnaires dealing with adjustment disorder symptoms as well as mortality salience effect.

FINDINGS revealed that mortality salience effect was a significant predictor of all AjD subscales. The importance of mortality salience effect for AjD is discussed in light of terror management theory.

Language: en