PMID- 25158641
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150514
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1573-6598 (Electronic)
IS  - 0894-9867 (Print)
IS  - 0894-9867 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 4
DP  - 2014 Aug
TI  - A test of whether coping styles moderate the effect of PTSD symptoms on alcohol 
      outcomes.
PG  - 478-82
LID - 10.1002/jts.21943 [doi]
AB  - Coping style may partially account for the frequent co-occurrence of 
      posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol-use disorder (AUD). We 
      hypothesized that avoidant and action-oriented coping styles would moderate the 
      association between PTSD symptom severity and alcohol outcomes among U.S. 
      Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans, such that PTSD 
      symptoms would be most strongly and positively associated with negative 
      alcohol-related consequences and drinking quantity when action-oriented coping 
      was low and avoidant coping was high. The sample (N = 128; 85.2% male, M = 37.8 
      years old, 63.3% Caucasian) completed a diagnostic assessment for PTSD and AUD 
      and self-report surveys measuring coping styles, drinking quantity, and negative 
      alcohol-related consequences. Consistent with the main hypothesis, a 3-way 
      interaction among PTSD symptom severity, avoidant coping, and action-oriented 
      coping was found in the predicted direction (d = 0.47-0.55). Post hoc descriptive 
      analyses indicated that veterans with a current diagnosis of PTSD, low 
      action-oriented coping, and high avoidant coping had worse alcohol outcomes and 
      were twice as likely to meet criteria for current AUD compared with veterans with 
      fewer risk factors. Findings suggest that the combination of PTSD and maladaptive 
      coping styles may be more important for understanding alcohol-related outcomes 
      than the presence of any of these variables in isolation.
CI  - Published 2014. This article is a US Government work and is in the public domain 
      in the USA.
FAU - Grosso, Justine A
AU  - Grosso JA
AD  - VA VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, 
      Texas, USA; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, 
      Texas, USA.
FAU - Kimbrel, Nathan A
AU  - Kimbrel NA
FAU - Dolan, Sara
AU  - Dolan S
FAU - Meyer, Eric C
AU  - Meyer EC
FAU - Kruse, Marc I
AU  - Kruse MI
FAU - Gulliver, Suzy B
AU  - Gulliver SB
FAU - Morissette, Sandra B
AU  - Morissette SB
LA  - eng
GR  - I01 RX000304/RX/RRD VA/United States
GR  - IK2 CX000525/CX/CSRD VA/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Trauma Stress
JT  - Journal of traumatic stress
JID - 8809259
SB  - IM
MH  - *Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - Adult
MH  - Alcohol Drinking
MH  - Alcohol-Related Disorders/*etiology/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Self Report
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/*psychology
MH  - United States
MH  - Veterans/*psychology
PMC - PMC5032643
MID - NIHMS795755
EDAT- 2014/08/28 06:00
MHDA- 2015/05/15 06:00
PMCR- 2016/09/22
CRDT- 2014/08/28 06:00
PHST- 2014/08/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/08/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/05/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/09/22 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1002/jts.21943 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Trauma Stress. 2014 Aug;27(4):478-82. doi: 10.1002/jts.21943.