| Literature DB >> 16737401 |
Mark W Miller1, Dawne S Vogt, Susannah L Mozley, Danny G Kaloupek, Terence M Keane.
Abstract
The authors examined competing hypotheses regarding the role of 2 personality dimensions, disconstraint and negative emotionality, in mediating the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity and substance-related problems. Data were drawn from a large sample of male Vietnam veterans. The best-fitting structural model included significant indirect paths from PTSD to both alcohol- and drug-related outcomes through disconstraint, and a significant indirect path from PTSD to alcohol-related problems through negative emotionality. There were no direct effects of PTSD on either substance-related outcome. These findings indicate distinct pathways to different forms of substance-related problems in PTSD and underscore the role of personality in mediating these relationships.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16737401 DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.115.2.369
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Abnorm Psychol ISSN: 0021-843X