Different Types of Traumatic Exposure Link Divergently to PTSD and CPTSD.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to profile at-risk individuals in the aftermath of exposure to war-related traumatic events. We examined the contribution of distal and proximal as well as direct and indirect traumatic exposure, including disturbing social media content, to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) among Israeli citizens following the October 7 attack. Five hundred eighty-two participants (M age = 44.81 ± 13.63) reported traumatic exposure, PTSD, and CPTSD a year before the attack and again 2 months after the attack and the beginning of the Israel-Hamas War. Logistic and multinomial regressions were conducted to determine which types of traumatic exposure were associated with PTSD and which were linked with CPTSD. Results showed that both distal and proximal, as well a

SUBMITTER: Palgi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12811700 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature