Posttraumatic stress and risky sex in trauma-exposed college students: the role of personality dispositions toward impulsive behavior

Jessica Flores; C. Alex Brake; Caitlyn O. Hood; Christal L. Badour

doi:10.1080/07448481.2020.1819289

Posttraumatic stress and risky sex in trauma-exposed college students: the role of personality dispositions toward impulsive behavior

Jessica Flores, C. Alex Brake, Caitlyn O. Hood, Christal L. Badour

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Abstract

Objectives: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to risky sexual behavior (RSB). However, little is known regarding the role of impulsivity in this relation among college students. Participants: The present study examined the moderating role of impulsivity dispositions on the relation between PTSD symptoms and past-year RSB in a sample of 221 trauma-exposed undergraduate students (77.4% female). Results: Two separate negative binomial regression models examined each impulsivity disposition’s unique moderating effect on the association between PTSD symptoms and high risk/casual sex. In the high risk model, significant interactions were found for the urgency dispositions, (lack of) premeditation and (lack of) perseverance, though the pattern of these relations differed across these dispositions. Only positive main effects for negative urgency and (lack of) premeditation emerged in the casual sex model. Conclusions: The present study expands on the limited literature on the role of impulsivity in the relation between PTSD and RSB in trauma-exposed college students.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1711-1723
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of American College Health
Volume	70
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1819289
State	Published - 2022

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This work was supported by the Office of Women’s Health Research and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (K12 DA035150; T32 DA035200) through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This publication’s contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIH.

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Author National Institute on Drug Abuse DA031791 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse DA006634 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA026117 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA028162 Elizabeth G Pitts National Institute of General Medical Sciences GM102773 Elizabeth G Pitts Peter McManus Charitable Trust Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse	K12DA035150, T32 DA035200
Office of Research on Women's Health

Keywords

PTSD
college students
impulsivity
risky sex

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