ABSTRACT

Latinx persons are exposed to higher rates of traumatic events and conditional risks for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and comorbid mental health symptoms compared to other minority groups. The study evaluated PTSD symptom severity for global and specific cluster severity relating to co-occurring anxiety, social anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation among 326 Latinx adults who endorsed trauma exposure. Results indicated that global PTSD symptom severity was significantly related to greater social anxiety, anxious arousal, depression, and suicidal ideation symptoms. PTSD arousal and reactivity symptom cluster had the strongest relation to anxious arousal, social anxiety, and depression, whereas negative alterations in cognitions and mood symptoms had the strongest association with social anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. The findings suggest that global PTSD symptom severity, alongside arousal and reactivity and negative alterations in cognitions and mood, are related to a range of concurrent negative mental health symptoms among trauma exposed Latinx young adults.

摘要

与其他少数群体相比，拉丁裔人群遭受创伤事件的几率更高，发生创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状和合并心理健康症状的条件风险也更高。该研究评估了 326 名支持创伤暴露的拉丁裔成年人的 PTSD 症状严重程度，了解与同时发生的焦虑、社交焦虑、抑郁和自杀意念相关的整体和特定集群严重程度。结果表明，总体 PTSD 症状严重程度与社交焦虑、焦虑唤醒、抑郁和自杀意念症状显着相关。PTSD 唤醒和反应症状群与焦虑唤醒、社交焦虑和抑郁的相关性最强，而认知和情绪症状的负面改变与社交焦虑、抑郁、和自杀意念。研究结果表明，全球创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状的严重程度，以及认知和情绪的觉醒、反应性和负面改变，与遭受创伤的拉丁裔年轻人同时出现的一系列负面心理健康症状有关。