[en] The purpose of this study was to verify the hypothesis that there is an association between peritraumatic dissociation (PD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in individuals exposed to recurrent armed conflict. More specifically, we sought to evaluate whether PD differentially predicts PTSD according to the degree of exposure to the potentially traumatic event (PTE), the level of education, and gender. A total of 120 individuals between 17 and 75 years of age, including 51 women, completed the Traumatic Events List, the Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire, and the French version of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Scale, as well as a questionnaire providing information regarding sociodemographic details. The group of participants with high scores for PD had significantly more PTSD. PD differentially predicts PTSD depending on the level of education and gender of the individual. Those who had been physically assaulted and raped, as well as the less educated, were more likely to be dissociated during PTE· exposure compared to witnesses and those with a higher level of education. The primary target population for prevention and early management should comprise individuals with high levels of PD, low levels of education, and women.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Matonda Ma Nzuzi ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. bioméd. & pharma. (paysage)
Duagani Masika, Yvonne; Université de Kinshasa - UNIKIN > Psychologie
Leys, Christophe; Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB
Blanchette, Isabelle; Université du Québec
Mampunza Ma Miezi, Samuel; Université de Kinshasa - UNIKIN > Psychiatrie
Kornreich, Charles; Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > Psychiatrie
Language :
English
Title :
Peritraumatic dissociation and post-traumatic stress disorder in individuals exposed to armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Publication date :
08 April 2019
Journal title :
Journal of Trauma and Dissociation
ISSN :
1529-9732
eISSN :
1529-9740
Publisher :
The Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, United States
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