Assessment of Characteristics of Intrusive Thoughts and Their Impact on Distress Among Victims of Traumatic Events
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19308466 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angela Liegey Dougall (0000-0001-7015-0627, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Karrie J Craig (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Andy Baum (0000-0002-9755-6691, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Andrew Baum |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 38-48 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00006842-199901000-00008 |
| PMID | 10024066 |
| OpenAlex | W2074702450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 14 |
OBJECTIVE: This study examines the psychometric properties of the Intrusive Thoughts Questionnaire (ITQ) and its utility as a predictor of distress among trauma victims. METHOD: Victims of three types of trauma, a motor vehicle accident (N = 115), a hurricane (N = 182), and recovery work after an airline disaster (N = 159), completed the ITQ along with the Impact of Event Scale (IES) and the Symptom Checklist-90, Revised (SCL-90-R), at several different time points after their exposure. RESULTS: The ITQ was a reliable and valid instrument that was positively related to concurrent measures of distress as well as a predictor of long-term stress responding. Characteristics of intrusive thoughts reflecting the extent to which they were unwanted or controllable, were identified as key determinants of distress. CONCLUSIONS: The ITQ is a useful adjunct to current measures of intrusions, allowing for greater specificity in analyses of responses to trauma. Evaluation of characteristics of intrusions indicated that frequency of intrusions was neither the only predictor of distress nor the best predictor of trauma-related outcomes
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2021 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |