title: Childhood stress disorder behaviors in veterans who do and do not develop posttraumatic stress disorder.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to test a variation of the stress-evaporation theory, which maintains that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are simply exacerbations of behaviors present before the trauma. Retrospective childhood self-ratings were made by 63 PTSD patients, 53 psychiatric controls, and 28 normals on 13 PTSD-like symptoms. The results did not support the hypothesis, and they give more support to the residual-stress model than to the stress-evaporation theory.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota 56303.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kucala
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Manifold
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vassar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002652:Child Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam