Posttraumatic stress and perceived interpersonal provocation in adolescents.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/26213Date
2022-05-25Type
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Saunderson, Jonathan Marshall; Stickley, Andrew; Sturidsson, Knut; Koposov, Roman A; Sukhodolsky, Denis G; Ruchkin, VladislavAbstract
Objective: To examine the impact of posttraumatic stress on the choice of
responses to and attribution of intentionality in peer provocation in adolescent boys and girls. Methods: A sample of 2678 adolescents from
Northern Russia, aged 13–17 years (59.3% female; 95.7% ethnic Russian)
completed self-reports on posttraumatic stress and rated hypothetical peer
provocation scenarios that teenagers can encounter in their daily lives.
Results: Adolescents with clinically significant levels of posttraumatic stress
symptoms (n=184 (6.8%)) reported a different pattern of reactions to peer provocation as compared to all other adolescents. Boys and girls with high levels
of posttraumatic symptoms reported that they would be less likely to discuss
conflict situations and more likely to react with physical aggression. Compared
to their male counterparts, girls with high levels of posttraumatic stress
symptoms were more likely to endorse hostile intentions, avoid provocations,
and were less likely to endorse verbally aggressive responses. In provocation
scenarios that involved physical aggression, girls with high levels of posttraumatic
stress symptoms were less likely to endorse verbal aggressive responses and
more likely to endorse physically aggressive responses than girls without
clinically significant levels of posttraumatic symptoms. Girls with high levels of
posttraumatic stress symptoms were also more likely to avoid socially aggressive
situations than non-traumatized girls, whereas boys had an opposite pattern.
Conclusions: High levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms may play a significant role in the endorsement of aggressive reactions in conflicts with peers
and patterns of reactions may be gender-specific. A history of posttraumatic
stress should be carefully evaluated in children and adolescents seeking treatment for aggressive behavior.
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Saunderson, Stickley A, Sturidsson, Koposov RA, Sukhodolsky D, Ruchkin V. Posttraumatic stress and perceived interpersonal provocation in adolescents.. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2022:1-24Metadata
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