Abstract:
abstract Objective: Studies have found that PTSD patients are more likely to experience various physical and mental health problems. This study was conducted to compare emotional deregulation, dissociative experiences and cognitive failures in persons with and without post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Method: This research was causal–comparative. The sample consisted of 150 persons with and without PTSS (75 in each group) referring to forensic medicine centers of Ardabil city. The subjects were selected via convenient sampling method. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Short Form (CERQ-SF), Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ), and Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) were utilized for data collection. Results: Multivariate analysis of variance showed that mean scores of emotional deregulation, dissociative experiences, and cognitive failures were significantly higher in persons with PTSS (p<0.01).
Conclusion: The findings indicated that modifying dissociative experiences and cognitive failures, and enhancing emotional regulation skills may help to mitigate posttraumatic stress symptoms.
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Emotional Deregulation, Dissociative Experiences and Cognitive Failures in Patients with and without Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Azar Kiamarsi1*, Abbas Abolghasemi2, Mina Taherifard3, Bahar Alian4 Abstract Objective: Studies have found that PTSD patients are more likely to experience various physical and mental health problems.
This study was conducted to compare emotional deregulation, dissociative experiences and cognitive failures in persons with and without post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS).
Recent studies point that efficient emotion regulation is vital for preserving mental health, while its failure is related to a wide range of problematic behaviors and mental disorders, including substance abuse, self-harming, depression, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD (Roberton, Daffern, & Bucks, 2012).
Several studies have manifested a direct relationship between problematic emotion regulation and more drastic PTSSs (Kotler, Iancu, Efroni, & Amir, 2001; Tull, Barrett, McMillan, & Roemer, 2007; Bonn- Miller, Vujanovic, Boden, & Gross, 2011).
Boyd et al (2020) also found emotion regulation difficulties and dissociative symptoms may embitter functional impairment in patients with PTSSs. Cognitive failures are associated with disability and poor life quality (Samuel, McLachlan, Mahadevan & Isaac, 2016).
Given the probable role of these variables in PTSS, few studies in this field, and different findings, this study aimed to compare emotional deregulation, dissociative experiences and cognitive failures in patients with and without post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Table 2 shows mean and standard deviation of the dissociative experience, emotion regulation strategies, and cognitive failures in patients with and without posttraumatic stress symptoms.