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  • Psychology
  • Child Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Individual psychological factors can worsen posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in maltreated youth.
  • Previous research has not fully explored the interactive effects of these factors on specific PTSD symptom clusters.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify interactive relationships between psychological, affective, and demographic variables.
  • To pinpoint specific risk factor profiles for re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal symptom clusters in maltreated youth.

Main Methods:

  • Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis was used on data from 400 ethnically diverse maltreated youth.
  • The study examined cognitive, affective, and demographic variables to predict PTSD symptom clusters.

Main Results:

  • Specific factors predicted distinct PTSD symptom clusters: posttraumatic cognitions, anhedonia, negative mood, processing speed, and ethnicity for re-experiencing.
  • Depersonalization/derealization, verbal comprehension, sexual maltreatment, and age predicted avoidance symptoms.
  • Negative self-cognitions, IQ, dissociation, working memory, and posttraumatic cognitions predicted hyperarousal symptoms.

Conclusions:

  • Unique collections of risk factors are associated with core PTSD symptom clusters in maltreated youth.
  • Clinical protocols can be refined to better identify high-risk youth and inform evidence-based treatments.