TY - JOUR
T1 - A Model for Predicting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder due to Exposure to Chronic Political Violence
T2 - Big Five Personality Traits, Ego-Resiliency, and Coping
AU - Cohen-Louck, Keren
AU - Zvi, Liza
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Research on psychological effects of exposure to political violence has focused mainly on the effect of environmental factors whereas the effect of individual differences is understudied. The present study offers an integrative model of the contribution of personality traits, ego-resiliency, and coping styles to post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptomatology of civilians exposed to chronic political violence. Three-hundred and thirty-two Israeli citizens living in the south region of Israel were asked to report their experience with different types of political violence incidents, their coping strategies, and PTS symptoms. The participants were also asked to complete the Big Five personality Inventory and Ego-Resiliency Scale. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis indicated that ego-resiliency and emotion-focused coping mediate the relationship between big five personality traits and levels of stress symptoms. It is suggested that neurotic people are more vulnerable to PTS due to low levels of ego-resiliency and a preference to use emotion-focused coping strategies.
AB - Research on psychological effects of exposure to political violence has focused mainly on the effect of environmental factors whereas the effect of individual differences is understudied. The present study offers an integrative model of the contribution of personality traits, ego-resiliency, and coping styles to post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptomatology of civilians exposed to chronic political violence. Three-hundred and thirty-two Israeli citizens living in the south region of Israel were asked to report their experience with different types of political violence incidents, their coping strategies, and PTS symptoms. The participants were also asked to complete the Big Five personality Inventory and Ego-Resiliency Scale. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis indicated that ego-resiliency and emotion-focused coping mediate the relationship between big five personality traits and levels of stress symptoms. It is suggested that neurotic people are more vulnerable to PTS due to low levels of ego-resiliency and a preference to use emotion-focused coping strategies.
KW - big five personality traits
KW - chronic political violence
KW - coping
KW - ego-resiliency
KW - post-traumatic stress disorder
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127304013&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/08862605221080144
DO - 10.1177/08862605221080144
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AN - SCOPUS:85127304013
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 37
SP - NP23241-NP23261
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
IS - 23-24
ER -