Neuroticism and PTSD symptoms: Gender moderates the mediating effect of peritraumatic emotions and dissociation.

Maria Cyniak-Cieciura Agnieszka Popiel Kathleen Kendall-Tackett Bogdan Zawadzki

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2021)

The results indicate that PTSD development is mediated by peritraumatic factors, but this mediation is moderated by gender. Men with higher Neuroticism are at particular risk of developing PTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

social support
posttraumatic stress disorder
mental health
depressive symptoms
emergency department
adverse drug