Unique and interactive relations among posttraumatic stress, distress tolerance, and anger responding to traumatic event cues

Danielle M. Morabito; Kimberly A. Babson; Christal L. Badour; Matthew T. Feldner

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Unique and interactive relations among posttraumatic stress, distress tolerance, and anger responding to traumatic event cues

Danielle M. Morabito, Kimberly A. Babson, Christal L. Badour, Matthew T. Feldner

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Experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated an association between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and anger. Expanding upon past research, the current study examined the interactive associations among PTSS, distress tolerance (DT), and anger responding among a sample of 95 trauma-exposed adults. This study used a personalized script-driven imagery procedure to gauge emotional responses. Results from a hierarchical linear regression demonstrated a main effect of PTSS and an interaction between PTSS and DT. Simple slope analyses indicated that PTSS level was unrelated to anger responding among traumatic event-exposed people relatively low in DT, while anger responses were positively correlated with levels of PTSS among those relatively higher in DT. These findings highlight the need for future research to consider DT as well as other emotional vulnerability factors in assessing posttraumatic stress disorder-related anger.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2043808719831472
State	Published - Jan 2019

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by National Institute of Mental Health grants F31 MH-081402 (Babson) and F31 MH-092994 (Badour). This work was also supported by a Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Science Research and Development grant CX001023 (Babson) and by an Office of Research on Women’s Health and National Institute on Drug Abuse Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Award grant K12 DA-035150 (Badour).

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by National Institute of Mental Health grants F31 MH-081402 (Babson) and F31 MH-092994 (Badour). This work was also supported by a Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Science Research and Development grant CX001023 (Babson) and by an Office of Research on Women?s Health and National Institute on Drug Abuse Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Award grant K12 DA-035150 (Badour).

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Keywords

Anger
distress tolerance
emotional reactivity
posttraumatic stress
trauma

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Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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