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The role of couples' interacting world assumptions and relationship adjustment in women's postdisaster PTSD symptoms.

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Monson, CM; Gradus, JL; La Bash, HAJ; Griffin, MG; Resick, PA
Published in: J Trauma Stress
August 2009

This study examined 58 heterosexual couples' interacting assumptions about the world and relationship adjustment in predicting wives' posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after severe flooding. Both partners completed the World Assumptions Scale (Janoff-Bulman, 1989), and wives reported on their intimate relationship adjustment and PTSD symptomatology. Neither husbands' nor wives' assumptions alone predicted wives' PTSD symptoms. However, the interaction of husbands' and wives' benevolent world assumptions significantly predicted wives' PTSD symptoms. When husbands held less benevolent world assumptions, there was a negative association between wives' assumptions and PTSD symptoms. Additionally, wives' relationship adjustment predicted their PTSD symptomatology when taking into account individual and interacting self-worth assumptions. Implications for understanding the role of intimate relationships in postdisaster mental health and interpersonally oriented prevention efforts are discussed.

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Published In

J Trauma Stress

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EISSN

1573-6598

Publication Date

August 2009

Volume

22

Issue

4

Start / End Page

276 / 281

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Regression Analysis
  • Psychiatry
  • Missouri
  • Middle Aged
  • Illinois
  • Humans
  • Floods
  • Female
 

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Monson, C. M., Gradus, J. L., La Bash, H. A. J., Griffin, M. G., & Resick, P. A. (2009). The role of couples' interacting world assumptions and relationship adjustment in women's postdisaster PTSD symptoms. J Trauma Stress, 22(4), 276–281. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20432
Monson, Candice M., Jaimie L. Gradus, Heidi A. J. La Bash, Michael G. Griffin, and Patricia A. Resick. “The role of couples' interacting world assumptions and relationship adjustment in women's postdisaster PTSD symptoms.J Trauma Stress 22, no. 4 (August 2009): 276–81. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20432.
Monson CM, Gradus JL, La Bash HAJ, Griffin MG, Resick PA. The role of couples' interacting world assumptions and relationship adjustment in women's postdisaster PTSD symptoms. J Trauma Stress. 2009 Aug;22(4):276–81.
Monson, Candice M., et al. “The role of couples' interacting world assumptions and relationship adjustment in women's postdisaster PTSD symptoms.J Trauma Stress, vol. 22, no. 4, Aug. 2009, pp. 276–81. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/jts.20432.
Monson CM, Gradus JL, La Bash HAJ, Griffin MG, Resick PA. The role of couples' interacting world assumptions and relationship adjustment in women's postdisaster PTSD symptoms. J Trauma Stress. 2009 Aug;22(4):276–281.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Trauma Stress

DOI

EISSN

1573-6598

Publication Date

August 2009

Volume

22

Issue

4

Start / End Page

276 / 281

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Regression Analysis
  • Psychiatry
  • Missouri
  • Middle Aged
  • Illinois
  • Humans
  • Floods
  • Female