Dysfunctional posttraumatic cognitions, posttraumatic stress, and depression in children and adolescents exposed to trauma: A network analysis

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de Haan, Anke, Landolt, Marcus A., Fried, Eiko I., Kleinke, Kristian, Alisic, Eva, Bryant, Richard, Salmon, Karen, Chen, Sue-Huei, Liu, Shu-Tsen, Dalgleish, Tim, McKinnon, Anna, Alberici, Alice, Claxton, Jade, Diehle, Julia, Lindauer, Ramón, de Roos, Carlijn, Halligan, Sarah L., Hiller, Rachel, Kristensen, Christian Haag, de Oliveira Meneguelo Lobo, Beatriz, Volkmann, Nicole Michaela, Marsac, Meghan, Barakat, Lamia, Kassam-Adams, Nancy, Nixon, Reginald D. V., Hogan, Susan, Punamaki, Raija-Leena, Palosaari, Esa, Schilpzand, Elizabeth, Conroy, Rowena, Smith, Patrick, Yule, William and Meiser-Stedman, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0262-623X (2020) Dysfunctional posttraumatic cognitions, posttraumatic stress, and depression in children and adolescents exposed to trauma: A network analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61 (1). pp. 77-87. ISSN 0021-9630

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Abstract

Background: The latest version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) proposes a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis reduced to its core symptoms within the symptom clusters re-experiencing, avoidance and hyperarousal. Since children and adolescents often show a variety of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in the aftermath of traumatic events, the question arises whether such a conceptualization of the PTSD diagnosis is supported in children and adolescents. Furthermore, although dysfunctional posttraumatic cognitions (PTCs) appear to play an important role in the development and persistence of PTSD in children and adolescents, their function within diagnostic frameworks requires clarification. Methods: We compiled a large international data set of 2,313 children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years exposed to trauma and calculated a network model including dysfunctional PTCs, PTSD core symptoms and depression symptoms. Central items and relations between constructs were investigated. Results: The PTSD re-experiencing symptoms strong or overwhelming emotions and strong physical sensations and the depression symptom difficulty concentrating emerged as most central. Items from the same construct were more strongly connected with each other than with items from the other constructs. Dysfunctional PTCs were not more strongly connected to core PTSD symptoms than to depression symptoms. Conclusions: Our findings provide support that a PTSD diagnosis reduced to its core symptoms could help to disentangle PTSD, depression and dysfunctional PTCs. Using longitudinal data and complementing between-subject with within-subject analyses might provide further insight into the relationship between dysfunctional PTCs, PTSD and depression.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: criteria,children,diagnosis,dsm-5,icd-11,model,proposals,ptsd,selection,symptoms,adolescents,depression,network analysis,posttraumatic cognitions,posttraumatic stress disorder,trauma
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Mental Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 12 Jun 2019 10:30
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2023 02:28
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/71333
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13101

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