TY - JOUR
T1 - Meta cognitive beliefs in posttraumatic stress disorder following forced displacement at the end of the Second World War in older adults and their offspring
AU - Jelinek, Lena
AU - Wittekind, Charlotte E.
AU - Kellner, Michael
AU - Moritz, Steffen
AU - Muhtz, Christoph
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Introduction. The aim of the present study was to investigate (meta)cognitive beliefs related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of individuals displaced as children at the end of the Second World War as well as transgenerational effects of trauma and PTSD on the offspring. Methods. Displaced individuals with (n=20) and without PTSD (n=24) and nondisplaced healthy controls (n=11), as well as one of their adult offspring, were assessed with the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30). Older adults, formerly displaced in childhood, were additionally assessed with the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI). Results. Dysfunctional beliefs (MCQ-30, PTCI) were particularly pronounced in formerly displaced individuals with PTSD, but not in the offspring generation. Conclusions. The findings suggest that in an aging group of displaced individuals with PTSD dysfunctional beliefs are associated with the disorder. Bias modification may help to attenuate symptomatology. No evidence was found for a transgenerational effect.
AB - Introduction. The aim of the present study was to investigate (meta)cognitive beliefs related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of individuals displaced as children at the end of the Second World War as well as transgenerational effects of trauma and PTSD on the offspring. Methods. Displaced individuals with (n=20) and without PTSD (n=24) and nondisplaced healthy controls (n=11), as well as one of their adult offspring, were assessed with the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30). Older adults, formerly displaced in childhood, were additionally assessed with the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI). Results. Dysfunctional beliefs (MCQ-30, PTCI) were particularly pronounced in formerly displaced individuals with PTSD, but not in the offspring generation. Conclusions. The findings suggest that in an aging group of displaced individuals with PTSD dysfunctional beliefs are associated with the disorder. Bias modification may help to attenuate symptomatology. No evidence was found for a transgenerational effect.
KW - Geriatric psychiatry
KW - Metacognition
KW - Metacognitions Questionnaire
KW - Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory
KW - Refugee
KW - Secondary trauma
KW - World War II
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U2 - 10.1080/13546805.2012.754749
DO - 10.1080/13546805.2012.754749
M3 - Article
C2 - 23445427
AN - SCOPUS:84888291099
SN - 1354-6805
VL - 18
SP - 452
EP - 462
JO - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
JF - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
IS - 5
ER -