%0 Journal Article
%T Self-efficacy in acutely traumatized patients and the risk of developing a posttraumatic stress syndrome
%A Flatten
%A Guido
%A W£¿lte
%A Dieter
%A Perlitz
%A Volker
%J GMS Psycho-Social-Medicine
%D 2008
%I 
%X Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs across 15-20% of victims suffering physical injury. The occurrence of PTSD has been attributed to both the trauma and the victim¡¯s individual resources, such as resilience, coping strategies, and social support systems. In the present study, we explored the role of self-efficacy for cognitive self-regulation in the posttraumatic adaptation process of sixty-five patients immediately following trauma (T1) and approximately four months later (T2) assessing posttraumatic stress syndrome according to DSM-IV criteria. We hypothesized perceived self-efficacy as a predictor for an increased risk of developing posttraumatic stress symptoms. Self-efficacy measured immediately following trauma correlated significantly with the development of posttraumatic stress syndromes. This finding suggests that the evaluation of cognitive adaptation to trauma is a helpful marker for clinical outcome assessment and can therefore be used for the identification of patients needing psychotherapeutic intervention.
%K PTSD
%K acute traumatization
%K cognitive self-regulation
%K self-efficacy
%K posttraumatic adaptation
%U http://www.egms.de/en/journals/psm/2008-5/psm000050.shtml