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
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
61749095116 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/61749095116
STARS Citation
Norris, Anne E. and Aroian, Karen J., "Avoidance Symptoms And Assessment Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder In Arab Immigrant Women" (2008). Scopus Export 2000s. 9769.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/9769