Faculty Articles
Psychophysiological Reactivity and PTSD Symptom Severity among Young Women.
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
International Journal of Psychology and Neuroscience
ISSN
2183-5829
Publication Date
12-30-2016
Abstract
Mixed findings with regard to cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have suggested a need to further explore the nature of this relationship and factors that might explain differences in reactivity across and within samples. In the present study, the severity of PTSD symptoms was investigated in relation to CVR among young women. In addition, we examined whether severity within PTSD symptom clusters and level of dissociative symptoms were related to CVR. Heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, cardiac output (CO) and total peripheral resistance (TPR) reactivity in response to an oral speaking task were assessed for 58 young trauma-exposed civilian women with varying levels of PTSD symptomatology (from no symptoms to high severity of PTSD). The PTSD severity sub-scores for the DSM-V symptom clusters and total PTSD severity were based on structured interview (Clinician Administered PTSD Scale), and dissociative symptoms were assessed using the Dissociative Experiences Scale. Severity of total PTSD symptoms was associated with greater CO reactivity (
Volume
2
Issue
3
First Page
17
Last Page
34
Funding Information
R15 HL085121/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
PubMed ID
30405999
NSUWorks Citation
Malcolm, L.,
Kibler, J. L.,
Ma, M.,
Tursich, M.,
Augustin, D.,
Greenbarg, R.,
Gold, S. N.
(2016). Psychophysiological Reactivity and PTSD Symptom Severity among Young Women.. International Journal of Psychology and Neuroscience, 2(3), 17-34.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1676
