Title

Avoidance Symptoms And Assessment Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder In Arab Immigrant Women

Abstract

This study investigates whether the avoidance symptom criterion required for a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is overly conservative. Arab immigrant women (N=453), many of whom reported experiencing multiple traumatic events, completed the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale in Arabic as part of a face to face interview. Analyses indicated all but one avoidance symptom was reported less frequently than reexperiencing and arousal symptoms. However, those who fully met reexperiencing, avoidance, and arousal symptom criteria had worse symptom severity and functioning than those who fully met reexperiencing and arousal symptom criteria, but only partially met avoidance symptom criterion. Study findings support importance of the PTSD avoidance symptom criterion. © 2008 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Publication Title

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volume

21

Issue

5

Number of Pages

471-478

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20363

Socpus ID

61749095116 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/61749095116

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