Applicability of the post-traumatic stress disorder gate criterion in people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities

Autor(en)
Doris Rittmannsberger, Germain Weber, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Abstrakt

Background: Diagnostic manuals provide a strict definition of the PTSD gate criterion. Research on the adequacy of this definition in people with intellectual disabilities is lacking. This study aims to test the adequacy of the gate criterion for this population.
Method: Fourty nine adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities and 43 caregivers were questioned. Traumatic events included in the gate criterion definition and adverse events going beyond it were assessed. It was tested whether adverse events affect symptoms of PTSD additionally to traumatic events.
Results: The current data showed ambiguous findings in self- and informant report. Informant data suggested an additional impact of adverse events on PTSD symptoms. Self-report data suggested the contrary.
Conclusion: Adverse events seem to have an impact on externalizing behavioural symptoms, such as hyperarousal. Self-report assessment of more specific, intrapsychic PTSD symptoms, such as intrusions and avoidance, should be addressed in future studies.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Klinische und Gesundheitspsychologie
Journal
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability
Band
33
Seiten
1100-1112
Anzahl der Seiten
13
ISSN
1360-2322
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12732
Publikationsdatum
04-2020
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
501010 Klinische Psychologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/applicability-of-the-posttraumatic-stress-disorder-gate-criterion-in-people-with-mild-to-moderate-intellectual-disabilities(5b3756b1-589d-4198-8aec-73660e09126b).html