TY - JOUR
T1 - Thought control strategies in acute stress disorder
AU - Warda, Gladiss
AU - Bryant, Richard A.
PY - 1998/12
Y1 - 1998/12
N2 - Intrusive trauma-related thoughts and the means to manage them are a central dynamic in posttraumatic stress. Thought control strategies were investigated in survivors of motor vehicle accidents with either acute stress disorder (ASD; n = 20) or no ASD (n = 20). Participants completed the Acute Stress Disorder Interview, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, the Impact of Event Scale, and the Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ) within four weeks of their accident. Although distraction, social control, and reappraisal were the most common strategies in both groups, ASD participants engaged in punishment and worry more than non-ASD participants. Worry and punishment were also strongly associated with severity of intrusive, avoidance, arousal, and depressive symptoms. Findings are discussed in terms of the role of cognitive strategies in resolving posttraumatic stress.
AB - Intrusive trauma-related thoughts and the means to manage them are a central dynamic in posttraumatic stress. Thought control strategies were investigated in survivors of motor vehicle accidents with either acute stress disorder (ASD; n = 20) or no ASD (n = 20). Participants completed the Acute Stress Disorder Interview, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, the Impact of Event Scale, and the Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ) within four weeks of their accident. Although distraction, social control, and reappraisal were the most common strategies in both groups, ASD participants engaged in punishment and worry more than non-ASD participants. Worry and punishment were also strongly associated with severity of intrusive, avoidance, arousal, and depressive symptoms. Findings are discussed in terms of the role of cognitive strategies in resolving posttraumatic stress.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00082-5
DO - 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00082-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 9745801
AN - SCOPUS:0031663912
SN - 0005-7967
VL - 36
SP - 1171
EP - 1175
JO - Behaviour Research and Therapy
JF - Behaviour Research and Therapy
IS - 12
ER -