The relationship between the latent factors of posttraumatic stress disorder and distress tolerance
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has previously been found to be inversely related to distress tolerance, which is the ability to tolerate negative or aversive emotional states (Simons & Gaher, 2005), in trauma-exposed samples.The vast majority of the studies examining the relationship between these two constructs have used DSM-IV PTSD criteria.Additionally, although previous research has considered their relationship at the symptom cluster level (Fetzner et al., 2014;Vujanovic et al., 2013), this is the first study to examine it at the latent level of analysis.Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to determine whether the DSM-5 model of PTSD or the dysphoria model of PTSD provided a better fit for the data.CFA was also used to test the five-factor hierarchical model of the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS; Simons & Gaher, 2005), and then Wald tests of parameter constraints were utilized to determine if the magnitude of the relationships between individual PTSD factors and the second-order DTS factor differed significantly.Results indicated that the four-factor dysphoria model of PTSD provided a significantly better fit compared to the DSM-5 four-factor model of PTSD.Additionally, all four factors of PTSD (re-experiencing, avoidance, dysphoria, and arousal) were vi
Author: Brianna M. Byllesby
Institution: University of Toledo
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2602483277