title: The relationship of posttraumatic growth to peritraumatic reactions and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Sri Lankan university students.
abstract: The relationships of posttraumatic growth to peritraumatic reactions and posttraumatic stress symptoms were examined in 93 Sri Lankan university students who had experienced a traumatic life event. Posttraumatic growth was associated with peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic stress symptoms, but was not associated with peritraumatic emotional distress. Results indicated a curvilinear relationship between peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic growth and between posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth. In a regression model predicting posttraumatic growth scores, each of the quadratic relationships of peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic stress symptoms to posttraumatic growth were statistically significant, and combined accounted for 22% of the variance. Results suggest that moderate levels of peritraumatic dissociation and symptoms are most associated with the greatest levels of growth.
authors: San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, Mental Health Service, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. Shannon.McCaslin@ucsf.edu
authors: Shannon E
authors: SE
authors: McCaslin
authors: Piyanjali
authors: P
authors: de Zoysa
authors: Lisa D
authors: LD
authors: Butler
authors: Stacey
authors: S
authors: Hart
authors: Charles R
authors: CR
authors: Marmar
authors: Thomas J
authors: TJ
authors: Metzler
authors: Cheryl
authors: C
authors: Koopman
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D013188:Sri Lanka; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult