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dc.contributor.authorJittayuthd, S
dc.contributor.authorKarl, A
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-02T09:43:39Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-28
dc.date.updated2022-11-01T17:53:24Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: Although social support has been consistently associated with recovery from psychological trauma and prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), individual differences in seeking or benefitting from social support in trauma survivors are not well understood. Factors associated with negative internal working models of self and others, emotion dysregulation, and interrupted bonds with an individual's social support groups such as vulnerable attachment and rejection sensitivity could contribute to lower experienced social support and higher levels of PTSD. Objective: The objective of this study was to test a theoretically informed model and investigate how psychosocial variables such as vulnerable attachment styles, rejection sensitivity, and social support are associated with PTSD. Method: Using a cross-sectional survey and path analyses in 141 survivors of trauma (aged 18-69, M = 25.20), the relationship between vulnerable attachment style, rejection sensitivity, and PTSD were investigated. Results: Higher vulnerable attachment, rejection sensitivity, and lower social support were found to be significant predictors of PTSD symptoms (f 2 = 0.75). The relationships from vulnerable attachment to PTSD were mediated by rejection sensitivity and perceived social support. The results supported and extend theoretical models of PTSD that posit a role for predisposing factors in the development and maintenance of the disorder. Conclusion: The findings suggest a potential benefit of identifying vulnerable groups that could benefit from a refinement of existing PTSD interventions by targeting the maladaptive effects of vulnerable attachment and rejection sensitivity, thus allowing the individual to draw effectively on social support networks.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 13, No. 1, article 2027676en_GB
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2022.2027676
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/131562
dc.identifierORCID: 0000-0002-6472-2876 (Karl, Anke)
dc.identifierScopusID: 14325181300 | 57191866276 | 57195214634 (Karl, Anke)
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35111286en_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.24378/exe.3323en_GB
dc.rights© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly citeden_GB
dc.subjectPosttraumatic stress disorderen_GB
dc.subjectrejection sensitivityen_GB
dc.subjectsocial supporten_GB
dc.subjectvulnerable attachmenten_GB
dc.titleRejection sensitivity and vulnerable attachment: associations with social support and PTSD symptoms in trauma survivors (article)en_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2022-11-02T09:43:39Z
dc.identifier.issn2000-8198
exeter.article-number2027676
exeter.place-of-publicationUnited States
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record. en_GB
dc.descriptionData availability statement: The data associated with this study are available at the University of Exeter Repository website at https://doi.org/10.24378/exe.3323 and upon request from the author.en_GB
dc.identifier.eissn2000-8066
dc.identifier.journalEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatologyen_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-01-04
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2022-01-28
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2022-11-02T09:40:24Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2022-11-02T09:43:44Z
refterms.panelAen_GB
refterms.dateFirstOnline2022-01-28


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