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ArticleJournal of mood and anxiety disorders2026

Social support and post-traumatic stress symptoms: Longitudinal bidirectional relationships in the AURORA study.

Justin Lc Santos, Sanne Jh van Rooij, Stacey L House, Francesca L Beaudoin, Xinming An, Thomas C Neylan, Gari D Clifford, Tanja Jovanovic, Sarah D Linnstaedt, Scott L Rauch and 27 more

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Justin Lc SantosDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
Sanne Jh van RooijDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.
Stacey L HouseDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Francesca L BeaudoinDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02930, USA.
Xinming AnInstitute for Trauma Recovery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27559, USA.
Thomas C NeylanDepartments of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Gari D CliffordDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
Tanja JovanovicDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Sarah D LinnstaedtInstitute for Trauma Recovery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27559, USA.
Scott L RauchInstitute for Technology in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.
John P HaranDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Alan B StorrowDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Christopher LewandowskiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Paul I MuseyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Phyllis L HendryDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine -Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA.
Sophia SheikhDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine -Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA.
Christopher W JonesDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
Brittany E PunchesDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Robert A SworDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI 48309, USA.
Lauren A HudakDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.
Jose L PascualDepartment of Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Mark J SeamonDepartment of Surgery, Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Erica HarrisDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Claire PearsonDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Henry Ford St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI 48236, USA.
David A PeakDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Robert M DomeierDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Trinity Health-Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA.
Niels K RathlevDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate, Springfield, MA 01107, USA.
Brian J O'NeilDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Paulina SergotDepartment of Emergency Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Leon D SanchezDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Steven E BruceDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA.
Steven E HarteDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Ronald C KesslerDepartment of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Karestan C KoenenDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Kerry J ResslerDivision of Depression and Anxiety, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
Samuel A McLeanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27559, USA.
Jennifer S StevensDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.

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Abstract

Background: While social impairment is a hallmark of increasing severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the dynamics between social support and trauma recovery are less clear. Current theories suggest either social support is responsible for reducing PTSD severity ( Methods: A total of n = 2943 participants were recruited following a traumatic event leading to Emergency Department visit in the AURORA study, reported perceived emotional support (PROMIS) and severity of PTSD symptoms (PCL-5) at 2 weeks, 8 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months post trauma. PTSD symptom severity overall and within symptom criteria (B-E) were assessed. Results: A 5-wave cross-lagged panel model showed a statistically significant negative association between emotional support and subsequent PTSD symptoms across the majority of timepoints in the year following trauma. Concurrently, we observed a negative association between PTSD severity and subsequent perceived emotional support. Additional analyses showed emotional support was mainly correlated with subsequent negative mood and feelings, whereas avoidant behavior was most correlated with lower emotional support. Conclusion: Our analyses emphasize the importance of initiating social interventions and establishing robust social networks immediately after a traumatic event.

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