Posttraumatic stress symptoms mediate the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, avoidant personality traits and resilience.

Conclusions: These findings indicate that PTS symptoms can have both detrimental and adaptive effects on psychological wellbeing. Treatment and management of PTS symptoms is, therefore, key to the improvement of overall psychological functioning following ACEs.
PMID: 32436731 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Anxiety, Stress, and Coping - May 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rawlins B, Brooks M, Khan R Tags: Anxiety Stress Coping Source Type: research