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ArticleJournal of abnormal psychology2018

PTSD symptoms and alcohol-related problems among veterans: Temporal associations and vulnerability.

Jeffrey S Simons, Raluca M Simons, Jessica A Keith, Kevin J Grimm, Scott F Stoltenberg, Carol O'Brien, Kate Andal

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Article in Journal of abnormal psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Daily relationships between posttraumatic stress symptoms, drinking motives, and alcohol consumption in trauma-exposed sexual minority women.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021
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  20. Nexus of despair: A network analysis of suicidal ideation among veterans.Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jeffrey S SimonsDepartment of Psychology.
Raluca M SimonsDisaster Mental Health Institute.
Jessica A KeithBay Pines VA Health Care System.
Kevin J GrimmDepartment of Psychology.
Scott F StoltenbergDepartment of Psychology.
Carol O'BrienBay Pines VA Health Care System.
Kate AndalSioux Falls VA Health Care System.
Bay Pines VA Healthcare System · USSioux Falls VA Health Care System · US

Funding

Traumatic Stress and Alcohol Problems: Between- and Within- Person AssociationsR01AA020519 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA · PI SIMONS, JEFFREY S · 2012 to 2015
$1.6M
National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismNIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020519
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with elevated risk of both alcohol use disorder (AUD) and related conduct problems, which are associated with behavioral and emotional dysregulation. We conducted an intensive longitudinal burst design study with 10 weeks of experience sampling over the course of 1.5 years with 250 veterans of recent conflicts. We tested time-series models of daily associations between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), alcohol dependence syndrome, and conduct problems. Exacerbations of PTSS predicted higher dependence syndrome and conduct problems the next day. This effect was significant after controlling for both concurrent (i.e., same-day) associations between drinking and the outcomes as well as the strength of associations between the outcomes from one day to the next (i.e., autoregression). Affect lability and disinhibition were hypothesized vulnerability factors increasing the strength of within-person predictors of dependence syndrome and conduct problems. Lability and disinhibition were associated with greater dependence syndrome symptoms and conduct problems over the follow-up period. Consistent with expectation, lability rather than disinhibition increased the association between drinking and dependence syndrome as well as the strength of association between dependence syndrome symptoms from one day to the next. Moderating effects of disinhibition in the conduct problems model were not significant. Importantly, results indicated reciprocal associations over time. Lability potentiated the association between dependence syndrome symptoms and next day PTSS, whereas disinhibition potentiated the association between conduct problems and next day PTSS. Results demonstrate complex dynamic associations between PTSS, AUD symptoms, and conduct problems over time indicative of broad regulatory impairments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

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AdultAffectAlcohol-Related DisordersFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedProblem BehaviorRisk FactorsStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticVeteransYoung Adult

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PMID30284858
PMCPMC6237643
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