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Fear of emotion as a moderator between PTSD and firefighter social interactions

โœ Scribed by Jacob K. Farnsworth; Kenneth W. Sewell

Publisher
Springer
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
94 KB
Volume
24
Category
Article
ISSN
0894-9867

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โœฆ Synopsis

Abstract

Despite high levels of exposure to stress, questions remain regarding how social interactions and beliefs about emotion interact to influence posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in firefighters. United States urban firefighters (N = 225) completed the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List, the Unsupportive Social Interactions Inventory, the Affective Control Scale, and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist. Each independent variable predicted PTSD beyond variance accounted for by demographic variables. Additionally, fear of emotion emerged as the strongest individual predictor of PTSD and a moderator of the relation between social interactions and PTSD symptoms. These findings emphasize the importance of beliefs about emotion both in how these beliefs might influence the expression of PTSD symptoms, and in how the social networks of trauma survivors might buffer distress.

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