Elzinga, Ben (2022) Comprehension of One’s Life as a Possible Target for Reducing PTSD Symptoms. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one of the most prevalent mental disorders in the Netherlands, affecting an estimated 7.4% of the Dutch population at some point in their life (De Vries & Olff, 2009). As a proportion of PTSD-patients drops out or does not respond to psychotherapy (Najavits, 2015; Goetter et al., 2015; Hembree et al., 2003) and there seems to be an association between the discontinuation of pharmacotherapy and relapse (Davidson et al., 2001; Davis et al., 2006), the development of new treatments for PTSD is important. This thesis studied the meaning in life subconstruct of comprehension, being “the degree to which individuals perceive a sense of coherence and understanding regarding their lives” (George & Park, 2016, p. 206), as a possible target for reducing PTSD symptom severity. This study used an experimental design to study the relation between comprehension and PTSD symptom severity and whether an intervention designed to increase comprehension leads to a decrease in PTSD symptom severity in a non-clinical sample (N = 101). Results showed significant and moderately strong inverse relations between comprehension and PTSD, but did not show the comprehension intervention being effective in either increasing participants’ sense of comprehension or decreasing participants’ PTSD scores at a one week follow-up. As such, it remains unclear whether comprehension is a useful target for reducing PTSD symptom severity. Further research and development of a comprehension intervention is needed to fully examine the influence of comprehension on PTSD symptom severity.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Seidel, L.J. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Psychology (CP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2022 07:58 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2022 07:58 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1229 |
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