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The effects of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on educational functioning in student veterans.

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Morissette, SB; Ryan-Gonzalez, C; Yufik, T; DeBeer, BB; Kimbrel, NA; Sorrells, AM; Holleran-Steiker, L; Penk, WE; Gulliver, SB; Meyer, EC
Published in: Psychol Serv
February 2021

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs at high rates among student veterans and is known to negatively impact educational functioning; however, the unique effects of PTSD are less clear, given that PTSD is highly comorbid with many other conditions that could potentially affect educational functioning. The present study had two objectives: (a) to determine the impact of PTSD symptom severity on educational functioning after accounting for demographic variables, traumatic brain injury, and commonly co-occurring mental health conditions; and (b) to identify which symptom clusters of PTSD have the greatest impact on educational functioning. Educational functioning and other commonly occurring mental health conditions were assessed cross-sectionally among 90 student veterans. Traumatic brain injury and major depressive disorder (MDD) were initially associated with impaired educational functioning; however, after adding PTSD into the final model, only PTSD (β = .44, p < .001) and MDD (β = .31, p = .001) remained associated with educational impairment. Follow-up analyses indicated that the reexperiencing symptom cluster was most strongly associated with impaired educational functioning (β = .28, p = .031). Overall, these results suggest that PTSD symptoms-especially reexperiencing symptoms-may be a driving force behind impaired educational impairment, even after accounting for other commonly co-occurring mental health conditions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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Psychol Serv

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1939-148X

Publication Date

February 2021

Volume

18

Issue

1

Start / End Page

124 / 133

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • Students
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Psychiatry
  • Humans
  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Morissette, S. B., Ryan-Gonzalez, C., Yufik, T., DeBeer, B. B., Kimbrel, N. A., Sorrells, A. M., … Meyer, E. C. (2021). The effects of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on educational functioning in student veterans. Psychol Serv, 18(1), 124–133. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000356
Morissette, Sandra B., Clark Ryan-Gonzalez, Tomas Yufik, Bryann B. DeBeer, Nathan A. Kimbrel, Audrey M. Sorrells, Lori Holleran-Steiker, Walter E. Penk, Suzy B. Gulliver, and Eric C. Meyer. “The effects of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on educational functioning in student veterans.Psychol Serv 18, no. 1 (February 2021): 124–33. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000356.
Morissette SB, Ryan-Gonzalez C, Yufik T, DeBeer BB, Kimbrel NA, Sorrells AM, et al. The effects of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on educational functioning in student veterans. Psychol Serv. 2021 Feb;18(1):124–33.
Morissette, Sandra B., et al. “The effects of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on educational functioning in student veterans.Psychol Serv, vol. 18, no. 1, Feb. 2021, pp. 124–33. Pubmed, doi:10.1037/ser0000356.
Morissette SB, Ryan-Gonzalez C, Yufik T, DeBeer BB, Kimbrel NA, Sorrells AM, Holleran-Steiker L, Penk WE, Gulliver SB, Meyer EC. The effects of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on educational functioning in student veterans. Psychol Serv. 2021 Feb;18(1):124–133.

Published In

Psychol Serv

DOI

EISSN

1939-148X

Publication Date

February 2021

Volume

18

Issue

1

Start / End Page

124 / 133

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • Students
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Psychiatry
  • Humans
  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology