Symptom structure of complex posttraumatic stress disorder among Chinese young adults with childhood trauma: a network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 11th revision of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) includes a new disorder, complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), the diagnostic applicability of which has not been discussed sufficiently in Chinese culture. The network approach to psychopathology enables investigation of the structure of disorders at the symptom level, which allows for analysis of direct symptom interactions. The main objectives of the present study were to explore CPTSD symptom structure and identify key symptoms in CPTSD among young adults in China.

Methods

The present study collected a large, stratified sample of Beijing university students (1368), ranging from 18 to 25 years old, the majority of whom (65.4%) were female. CPTSD sympt

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10698995 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature