@article{ref1,
title="Posttraumatic Anger, Recalled Peritraumatic Emotions, and PTSD in Victims of Violent Crime",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2011",
author="Bogaerts, S. and Winkel, F. W. and Kunst, M. J. J.",
volume="26",
number="17",
pages="3561-3579",
abstract="A mixed cross-sectional and longitudinal design was employed to explore the association between posttraumatic anger and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; symptoms) in victims of civilian violence. It was speculated that this relationship is mainly due to concurrent recalled peritraumatic emotions. Such emotions may be interpreted to result from anger-rooted threat perceptions and to share similarities with posttraumatic intrusion symptoms. In addition, predictors of PTSD maintenance were investigated. Cross-sectional data indicated that posttraumatic anger and several indices of PTSD were highly interconnected. Recalled peritraumatic emotions partly accounted for the relation between posttraumatic anger and posttraumatic intrusions (n = 177). Only posttraumatic intrusions were associated with PTSD symptom persistence at follow-up (n = 56). Findings were discussed in light of study limitations and directions for future research.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260511403753",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260511403753"
}