Citation

Slagel BA, Taylor SE, Borgonga NC, Currier JM. J. Loss Trauma 2020; 25(4): 322-332.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15325024.2019.1682343

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Guilt and shame are commonly related to PTSD. Yet, research has not examined whether guilt- and shame-proneness affect posttraumatic symptomatology due to difficulty making meaning of stressors. Using structural equation modeling (χ2(36) = 40.44, p =.282), difficulty making meaning was examined as a mediator between proneness to guilt/shame and PTSD symptomatology in a sample of previously deployed veterans. A significant indirect effect emerged whereby veterans' difficulty making meaning of salient stressors partially accounted for the relationship between proneness to self-conscious emotions and PTSD symptomatology. Hence, difficulty making meaning may complicate veterans' recovery from PTSD when prone to self-conscious emotions.

Language: en

Keywords

Guilt; meaning; PTSD; self-conscious emotions; shame; veterans