Affective Personality Type, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity and Post-traumatic Growth in Victims of Violence

作者：Kunst Maarten Jacob J^*

来源：STRESS AND HEALTH, 2011, 27(1): 42-51.

DOI：10.1002/smi.1318

• affective personality type
• post-traumatic stress disorder symptom severity
• post-traumatic growth

The current study explored the differential association between affective personality type, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, and post-traumatic growth (PTG) in victims of violence (N = 113). Relying on previous research, median cut off-scores on the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Short Form were used to classify participants as high affective [i.e. high positive affectivity (PA) and high negative affectivity (NA)], self-actualizing (i.e. high PA and low NA), self-destructive (i.e. low PA and high NA) and low affective (i.e. low PA and low NA). Results indicated that the self-destructive and high affective personality styles were strongly associated with increased PTSD symptoms severity. High affective personality type was found to be the only significant predictor of PTG. Results, study limitations and directions for future research were discussed.

• 出版日期2011-2