A network approach to posttraumatic stress disorder: Comparing interview and self-report networks.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Trauma-related fear (e.g., reexperiencing), impaired reward (e.g., anhedonia), and interpersonal (e.g., detachment) processes may be functionally intertwined, giving rise to chronic psychopathology after a trauma. Network analyses can help pinpoint symptom drivers and treatment targets, but studies examining posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment-seeking individuals are lacking.

Method

Treatment-seeking adults with primary PTSD (N = 350) completed interview and self-report measures of PTSD severity (PSS-I; PSS-SR). Self-report and interview-based networks were estimated and compared.

Results

Both networks suggested distinct but interconnected communities of reexperiencing and dysphoric symptoms (e.g., interpersonal detachment, numbing). Centra

SUBMITTER: Rosencrans PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10225153 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature