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The interaction between baseline trait anxiety and trauma exposure as predictor of post-trauma symptoms of anxiety and insomnia.

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Summary, in English

In this study a prospective design was used to investigate the interaction between baseline trait anxiety and exposure to traumatic situations on post-trauma symptoms of anxiety and insomnia in a sample of Swedish peacekeeping soldiers serving in Kosovo. The result showed that pre-trauma trait anxiety interacted with exposure to traumatic situations predicting a higher post-trauma distress. Further, baseline trait anxiety and baseline symptoms of anxiety and insomnia predicted post-trauma symptoms of anxiety and insomnia. The results support a diathesis stress model in which high trait anxiety interacts with trauma exposure in the elicitation of anxiety-related distress but the study needs to be replicated before further conclusions can be drawn.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

447-450

Publication/Series

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volume

49

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Psychology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1467-9450