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Posttraumatic Relationship Syndrome: the Conscious Processing of the World of Trauma

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: This paper was aimed at describing a new trauma-based syndrome called Posttraumatic Relationship Syndrome (PTRS) which may afflict individuals who have been traumatized by physical, sexual, and/or severe emotional abuse within the context of an intimate relationship. It differs from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a number of ways, the most salient of which are the lack of a tendency toward numbing of responsiveness, which creates a very different mode of experiencing the “world of trauma”, and the inclusion of a category of relational symptoms. Whereas, in PTSD, there is overutilization of avoidant coping, PTRS involves the overuse of emotion-focused coping. The nature and psychosocial consequences of this syndrome are delineated.

Source: Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal

DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2003.31.7.675

Authors: Debra Vandervoort, Ami Rokach

Institution: University of Hawaii at Hilo

Language: English

Topic: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2081137537

FWCI: 1.576

Cites: 32

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10