Journal
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
Volume 249, Issue -, Pages 206-211Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.022
Keywords
Resilience; Social functioning; PTSD; Depression; Veterans; Trauma; Childhood maltreatment
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Science Research and Development [CX-09-008]
- Department of Veterans Affairs Career Development Award [IK2CX000601]
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Patients with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), common sequelae among individuals exposed to stressful or traumatic events, often report impairment in social functioning. Resilience is a multidimensional construct that enables adaptive coping with life adversity. Relationship between resilience and social functioning among veterans with depression and PTSD is not entirely clear and is the focus of this report. Resilience was assessed in 264 veterans using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, PTSD with the PTSD Symptom Scale, depression with the Beck Depression Inventory, and social functioning with the Short Form Health Survey. Higher resilience was associated with more intact social functioning after PTSD and depression severity, childhood maltreatment, physical health, gender, education, marital status, and employment were simultaneously adjusted for. Childhood maltreatment, gender, marital status, education, and employment did not predict social functioning; however, greater severity of PTSD, depression, or physical health problems was each significantly associated with more impaired social functioning. Our findings suggest that higher resilience was associated with more intact social functioning regardless of the severity of PTSD and depression. Given the importance of social functioning in depression and/or PTSD recovery, studies are needed to examine if enhancing resilience presents a complementary approach to alleviating impaired social functioning.
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