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Knezevic, G

Opacic, G

Priebe, S

Savic, D

Psychological Medicine

English

Queen Mary Research Online

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Convergent validity of measures of post-traumatic stress disorder in a mixed military and civilian population.

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Psychometric prediction of PTSD among POW survivors.

Relationship of NEO-PI to personality styles and severity of trauma in chronic PTSD victims.

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The relationship among personality variables, exposure to traumatic events and severity of post-traumatic stress syndromes.

The Revised NEO Personality Inventory Manual. Psychological Assessment Resources: Odessa,

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War zone stress, personal resources and PYSD in Persian Gulf War returnees.

Do personality traits predict post-traumatic stress?: a prospective study in civilians experiencing air attacks

Background. Previous studies have suggested an association between personality traits and posttraumatic stress. These studies either focused exclusively on military veterans or assessed personality traits after the traumatic event. This study investigates to what extent personality traits as assessed before the traumatic experience predict post-traumatic stress in civilians experiencing air attacks at the end of the exposure to stressful events and I year later. Method. The revised version of the NEO Personality Inventory was administered to 70 students in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In 1999, 1 or 2 years after the assessment, all students were exposed to air attacks for I I weeks. At the end of the attacks and I year later post-traumatic stress was measured on the Impact of Event Scale. Results. Pre-trauma personality predicted 13 % of the variance of intrusion scores I year after the attacks. There was no significant correlation between personality traits and subsequent avoidance scores at any point of time. Conclusions. Personality traits that are assessed before a traumatic event can, to a limited extent, predict intrusive symptoms in a non-clinical sample of civilians. Pre-trauma assessments of personality might be less strongly associated with post-traumatic stress than personality traits obtained after the traumatic event

Do personality traits predict post-traumatic stress?: a prospective study in civilians experiencing air attacks

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