Posttraumatic stress disorder in the aftermath of the Turkey earthquake: exploring the role of demographics, level of exposure, and personality traits.

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2024-07-10 DOI:10.1080/10615806.2024.2376611

Yavuz Yılmaz, Sezen Güleç, Hakan Sarıçam

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Abstract

Background and objectives: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an important mental disorder that can develop after mass traumas such as earthquakes. In our study, we aimed to investigate the development of PTSD after the Turkey earthquake (6 February 2023) and its association with some demographic variables, personality traits, and psychological vulnerability.

Method: 547 participants completed assessments of personality, disaster exposure, and PTSD symptoms. Multiple regression analyses were used to identify predictors of PTSD symptoms.

Results: PTSD scores were higher in women, single people, those with low educational level, those who witnessed someone else's injury or death, those who were injured, and those whose homes were destroyed. Physical injury, conscientiousness, marital status, income, and agreeableness predicted PTSD. Among these variables, physical injury was the strongest predictor of PTSD.

Conclusions: Psychological vulnerability, conscientiousness, physical injury, employment, witnessing someone else's injury, gender, and emotional stability predicted PTSD score in a significant way. Physical injury, conscientiousness, marital status, income, agreeableness predicted PTSD in a significant way.

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土耳其地震后的创伤后应激障碍：探讨人口统计学、暴露程度和人格特质的作用。

背景和目的：创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）是一种重要的精神障碍，可在地震等大规模创伤后发生。在我们的研究中，我们旨在调查土耳其地震（2023 年 2 月 6 日）后创伤后应激障碍的发展及其与一些人口统计学变量、人格特质和心理脆弱性的关联：547名参与者完成了人格、灾难暴露和创伤后应激障碍症状的评估。方法：547 名参与者完成了人格、灾难暴露和创伤后应激障碍症状的评估，并使用多元回归分析确定了创伤后应激障碍症状的预测因素：结果：女性、单身者、受教育程度低者、目睹他人伤亡者、受伤者和家园被毁者的创伤后应激障碍得分更高。身体伤害、自觉性、婚姻状况、收入和宜人性预测创伤后应激障碍。在这些变量中，身体伤害对创伤后应激障碍的预测作用最强：结论：心理脆弱性、自觉性、身体伤害、就业、目睹他人受伤、性别和情绪稳定性对创伤后应激障碍得分有显著的预测作用。身体伤害、自觉性、婚姻状况、收入、宜人性对创伤后应激障碍有显著的预测作用。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Multiple-

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期刊介绍： This journal provides a forum for scientific, theoretically important, and clinically significant research reports and conceptual contributions. It deals with experimental and field studies on anxiety dimensions and stress and coping processes, but also with related topics such as the antecedents and consequences of stress and emotion. We also encourage submissions contributing to the understanding of the relationship between psychological and physiological processes, specific for stress and anxiety. Manuscripts should report novel findings that are of interest to an international readership. While the journal is open to a diversity of articles.