Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
1071
Date
2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Psychology
Concentration
General Psychology
Committee Chair
Meghan McDevitt-Murphy
Committee Member
James Murphy
Committee Member
Melloni Cook
Abstract
Both posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance misuse, which are highly comorbid, have been linked to emotion dysregulation. In this investigation, facets of emotion dysregulation were examined as potential mediators between PTSD symptoms and alcohol misuse in a sample of 139 combat Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn veterans (45% African American; 89% men). The Impulse Control Difficulties facet mediated the relationship between PTSD symptoms and alcohol misuse for men. No significant mediating relationships were found for women, possibly due to the small number of women in the sample. Although the full scale of emotion dysregulation did not mediate the relationship between PTSD symptoms and alcohol misuse for the full sample or for either gender, the results highlight the link between PTSD symptoms, impulsivity, and alcohol misuse.
Library Comment
Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.
Recommended Citation
Tripp, Jessica, "Emotion Dysregulation as a Mediator of the Relationship between PTSD and Alcohol Misuse" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 908.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/908
Comments
Data is provided by the student.