The purpose of this study was to examine meaning as a mediator between perceived threat and posttraumatic stress responses among a sample of 1,561 veterans who participated in war or peacekeeping operations. Data were collected by questionnaire. Path analysis was performed to assess the expected relationships between the observed variables. Meaning in terms of distrust and personal benefits partially mediated the relation between perceived threat and posttraumatic stress responses.

We examined posttraumatic stress symptoms and the memory retrieval process in 2 groups of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse: 29 participants who reported having memories of their abuse prior to entering therapy (PM) and 13 who reported no memories of abuse prior to therapy (NPM). Participants were asked to indicate on checklists symptoms of constriction, hyperarousal,and intrusion experienced (a) prior to entering therapy and (b) during the surfacing of a memory while in therapy.

The current set of meta-analyses elucidates the long-term psychiatric, psychosocial, and physical consequences of the Holocaust for survivors. In 71 samples with 12,746 participants Holocaust survivors were compared with their counterparts (with no Holocaust background) on physical health, psychological wellbeing, posttraumatic stress symptoms, psychopathological symptomatology, cognitive functioning, and stressrelated physiology.

Résumé / AbstractLes manifestations psychotraumatiques différées trouvent à côté du syndrome de répétition des modalités d'expression variées, en particulier chez l'adolescent. Le retentissement comportemental est parfois au premier plan, avec une clinique se déclinant autour du spectre de la violence et de l'agressivité impliquant une potentielle dangerosité par la menace qu'elle fait peser sur autrui. Le caractère bruyant de cette symptomatologie ne doit pas occulter, au-delà de la description phénoménologique, les déterminants sous-jacents.