TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Posttraumatic Anger, Recalled Peritraumatic Emotions, and PTSD in Victims of Violent Crime
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - Bogaerts, S.
A1  - Winkel, F. W.
A1  - Kunst, M. J. J.
SP  - 3561
EP  - 3579
VL  - 26
IS  - 17
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260511403753
ID  - ref1
ER  -