Seeing the silver lining: potential benefits of trauma exposure in college students |
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| Authors: | Grasso Damion J Cohen Lawrence H Moser Jason S Hajcak Greg Foa Edna B Simons Robert F |
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| Institution: | Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, 108 Wolf Hall, East Delaware Avenue, Newark, DE 19716, USA. dgrasso@psych.udel.edu |
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| Abstract: | In the current study we compare college students exposed to a potentially traumatic event (PTE) meeting self-report criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), PTE-exposed students not meeting criteria for PTSD, and non-exposed students on measures of perceived social support, self-esteem, and optimism (i.e., personal resources) and report use of specific coping strategies. Results indicate that the PTE-exposed/probable PTSD group reported fewer personal resources, greater use of avoidance-focused coping, and less use of approach-focused coping than the other two groups. The PTE-exposed/no PTSD group reported greater perceived social support and less use of avoidance-focused coping than the non-exposed group. We discuss the findings' implications for the prevention and treatment of trauma-related psychopathology. |
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