چكيده لاتين :
The aim of this study was to study the relationships between coping strategies
and the severity of PTSD. Subjects were 50 treatment seeking Iranian veterans
who had experienced war trauma at least once during their military services. Two
instruments were used, including: Ways of Coping Questionnaire (Lazarus and
Folkman, 1985) and Structured Interview for PTSD (SIP). Correlation coefficients
were computed between various coping strategies and the PTSD severity scores.
Results indicated that seeking social support, positive reappraisal, planful-problem
solving, and self-controlling strategies were negatively correlated to PTSD
severity. Escape-avoidance, distancing, accepting responsibility and confronting
coping were positively correlated to the severity of PTSD. Theoretical discussion
and the applications of these results are represented.
