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The association between looming cognitive style and posttraumatic stress symptoms: The case of older Holocaust survivors.
| العنوان: | The association between looming cognitive style and posttraumatic stress symptoms: The case of older Holocaust survivors. |
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| المؤلفون: | Greenblatt-Kimron L; School of Social Work, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel. Electronic address: leegr@ariel.ac.il. |
| المصدر: | Journal of psychiatric research [J Psychiatr Res] 2024 Mar; Vol. 171, pp. 1-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 05. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Pergamon Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0376331 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-1379 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00223956 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Psychiatr Res Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Oxford : Pergamon Press |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic*/psychology , Holocaust*/psychology, Humans ; Aged ; Anxiety/etiology ; Survivors/psychology ; Cognition |
| مستخلص: | The looming cognitive style (LCS) refers to a tendency to produce mental illustrations and images of adverse events and potentially threatening situations with perceived accumulating threat and danger. LCS is a well-known cognitive vulnerability for anxiety, nevertheless few studies examined the relationship between LCS and posttraumatic reactions. Among the existing studies, a higher LCS was reported in Holocaust survivors relative to matched comparisons, and directly associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in older Holocaust survivors. The current study aimed to expand the understanding of the relationship between LCS with PTSS in general, and among older Holocaust survivors in particular. Moreover, whether the number of Holocaust experiences encountered by Holocaust survivors moderated this relationship. The sample consisted of 153 older Holocaust survivors (Mage = 82.42, SD = 5.75). Participants were interviewed regarding their background characteristics, PTSS, LCS, and number of Holocaust experiences. Participants reporting higher LCS showed higher PTSS. There was an interaction between LCS and number of Holocaust experiences for predicting PTSS, suggesting that LCS was associated with higher PTSS to a stronger degree among Holocaust survivors who experienced a smaller number of Holocaust experiences. The findings indicate that Holocaust trauma may have influenced the LCS of Holocaust survivors throughout their lives and into old age. The results provide insight for mental health practitioners treating older Holocaust survivors in focusing on reducing schematic processing biases for threat information and anxiety to enhance better mental health for those suffering from posttraumatic stress symptoms. Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.) |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Holocaust experience; Holocaust survivors; Looming cognitive style; Posttraumatic stress symptoms |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240113 Date Completed: 20240226 Latest Revision: 20240226 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240226 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.01.008 |
| PMID: | 38217944 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1879-1379 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.01.008 |