Predictors of traumatic experiences among individuals experiencing pandemic-related stressors: a cross-sectional study in Europe during the COVID-19 crisis

Autor(en)

Chrysanthi Lioupi, Xenia Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, Elena Acquarini, Dean Ajdukovic, Vittoria Ardino, Maria Böttche, Malgorzata Dragan, Margarida Figueiredo-Braga, Odeta Gelezelyte, Piotr Grajewski, Jana Darejan Javakhishvili, Evaldas Kazlauskas, Lonneke Lenferink, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster, Lela Tsiskarishvili, Trudy Mooren, Luisa Sales, Marina Ajdukovic, Irina Zrnic Novakovic, Rakel Eklund, Ida Hensler, Ingo Schäfer, Annett Lotzin

Abstrakt

The COVID-19 pandemic is a manifestation of trauma exposure that could eventuate in psychological distress, anxiety, depression, and various mental health disturbances, especially in people who have experienced an additional stressor such as a traumatic event. This cross-sectional study assessed the relationship between pandemic-related stressors, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the risk for severe or life-threatening symptoms, and resilience among individuals with a traumatic history amidst the coronavirus disease. This study is part of a longitudinal pan-European research, the ADJUST study. The present study consisted of 14.106 participants. The questionnaires utilized included: sociodemographics, health aspects, the Criterion A section of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), the Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5), the Pandemic Stressor Scale (PaSS), and the Resilience Evaluation Scale (RES). For the analysis, descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were applied. 29% of the respondents reported a traumatic history. Fear of infection, burden of infection, crisis management and communication, restricted activity, risk for severe or life-threatening symptoms of the coronavirus disease, PTSD, and resilience were the predictive factors in the trauma-exposed population. This research provides insights into the stressors that individuals with a traumatic background might experience through the COVID-19 pandemic. Future interventions and worldwide health policies should target trauma-exposed populations to enhance psychological health amidst COVID-19 and other stressful events.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Klinische und Gesundheitspsychologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Freie Universität Berlin (FU), University of Cyprus, University of Nicosia, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", University of Zagreb, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, University of Warsaw, Universidade do Porto, Universidade de Coimbra, Centro de Saúde Militar de Coimbra, Vilnius University (VU), Ilia State University, University of Twente, Utrecht University, Uppsala University, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Medical School Hamburg

Journal

Current Psychology

Band

43

Seiten

18908-18917

Anzahl der Seiten

10

ISSN

1046-1310

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05036-8

Publikationsdatum

08-2023

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501010 Klinische Psychologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Psychology(all)

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/predictors-of-traumatic-experiences-among-individuals-experiencing-pandemicrelated-stressors-a-crosssectional-study-in-europe-during-the-covid19-crisis(017bb1ac-b577-42c9-963f-711770f2cc4c).html