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Role of peer support and emotional expression on posttraumatic stress disorder in student paramedics
This exploratory study contrasted and tested the predictive value of the reverse buffering hypothesis of social support and the information processing model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in an investigation of trauma-related symptomatology (TRS) in a single sample of 42 student paramedics. Participants completed several anonymous self-report measures of PTSD symptomatology, peer social support, and attitude toward emotional expression. Regression-based path analyses did not support either theory of PTSD in this population. A path model of PTSD in student paramedics was subsequently developed, indicating that a direct relationship exists between duty-related trauma exposure, dysfunctional peer social support, and students' negative attitudes toward emotional expression. This new model accounted for 30% of the variance in student paramedics' TRS.
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Journal of traumatic stressVolume
18Issue
2Pagination
171 - 179Publisher
Plenum Pub. Corp. for the Society for Traumatic Stress StudiesLocation
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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0894-9867eISSN
1573-6598Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2005, International Society for Traumatic Stress StudiesUsage metrics
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