title: Cognitive processing of trauma and attitudes toward disclosure in the first six months after military deployment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the role of cognitive processing and attitudes toward trauma disclosure among newly returned veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
  
  
  METHODS
  In total, 110 veterans completed the Cognitive Processing of Trauma Scale, Disclosure of Trauma Questionnaire, and assessments of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), depression, and posttraumatic growth (PTG).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both maladaptive and adaptive processing were the strongest predictors of PTSS and depression, ßs = .21 to .38. However, urge to discuss trauma was the main predictor of PTG, ß = .53. Correlational findings suggested that veterans' willingness to discuss their traumas and reactivity to doing so were related with their processing of these experiences, rs = .23 to .40.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides further support for the critical intersection between cognitive processing and disclosure, while also suggesting the need for more research on the intra- and inter-personal dimensions of these constructs in negative and constructive outcomes after trauma.
authors.affiliation: Fuller Theological Seminary, Department of Clinical Psychology, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA. jcurrier@fuller.edu
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Currier
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lisman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Irene Harris
authors.forename: Rhondie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tait
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Erbes
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D008297:Male; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*