Associations among meaning in life, coping, and distress in trauma-exposed U.S. military veterans.

IF 1.9 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Psychological Services Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-02-27 DOI:10.1037/ser0000755

Jessica L Morse, Jennalee S Wooldridge, Niloofar Afari, Abigail C Angkaw, Paula P Schnurr, Ariel J Lang, Christy Capone, Sonya B Norman

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Abstract

Experiencing meaning in life may be particularly relevant following traumatic experiences as individuals who report meaning post trauma report less psychological distress. Engaging in avoidant coping, however, may be a sign of underlying psychological distress in the aftermath of traumatic experiences. We sought to examine associations among meaning in life, avoidant coping, and psychological distress in a sample of trauma-exposed veterans. Secondary cross-sectional analyses were conducted on data from veterans exposed to a traumatic event(s) who experienced clinically meaningful guilt (N = 145). Questionnaires on meaning in life, avoidant coping, and psychological distress were administered, and structural equation modeling was used to test direct effects. Path analysis revealed that greater meaning was associated with lower depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptomatology, while higher avoidant coping was associated with greater depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, and somatization symptomatology. Participants who report more meaning in life and report lower avoidant coping post trauma may experience less psychological distress. If replicated longitudinally, results could suggest cultivating meaning in life and reducing avoidant coping may decrease psychological distress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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受过创伤的美国退伍军人的生活意义、应对能力和痛苦之间的关联。

在经历创伤后，体验生命的意义可能尤为重要，因为那些在创伤后报告生命意义的人心理压力较小。然而，回避式应对可能是创伤后潜在心理困扰的一种表现。我们试图研究遭受创伤的退伍军人样本中生活意义、回避应对和心理困扰之间的关联。我们对经历过创伤事件并有临床意义的内疚感的退伍军人（N = 145）的数据进行了二次横断面分析。调查问卷内容包括人生意义、回避应对和心理困扰，并使用结构方程模型检验直接效应。路径分析显示，意义越大，抑郁、焦虑和创伤后应激症状越轻，而回避应对越大，抑郁、焦虑、创伤后应激和躯体化症状越重。在创伤后报告生活意义较多且回避型应对较少的参与者可能会经历较少的心理困扰。如果进行纵向复制，结果可能表明，培养生活意义和减少回避应对可能会减少心理困扰。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, 版权所有）。

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Psychological Services PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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