@Article{Ogińska-Bulik2017,
journal="Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii",
issn="1230-2813",
volume="26",
number="4",
year="2017",
title="Symptoms of posttraumatic stress among parents struggling with their child’s cancer – the  role of negative cognitions and disruption in core beliefs",
abstract=" Purpose : The  study aimed at establishing the  relationship between posttraumatic cognitions resulting from traumatic experiences as well as disruption in core beliefs and the  level of  symptoms of  posttraumatic stress (PTSD). Another aim was to check whether the  disruption of  core beliefs is a  mediator between posttraumatic cognitions and symptoms of  PTSD.   Methods : Results obtained from 57 parents aged 25-57 years (M = 35.38, SD = 8.32), who have dealt with their child’s cancer (men – 47.4%; women – 52.6%) were examined. Three measuring methods were used in the  study: the  Impact of  Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI) and the  Core Beliefs Inventory (CBI).   Results : The  results showed positive associations between posttraumatic cognitions as well as disruption of  core beliefs and the  severity of  PTSD. Challenges for core beliefs act as mediators in the  relationship between posttraumatic cognitions and symptoms of  PTSD.   Conclusions : The  experience of  a  traumatic event usually entails the  occurrence of  posttraumatic stress symptoms. The  severity of  these symptoms is determined by, among others, the  individual’s beliefs about the  world and about themselves. The  experience of  a  child’s cancer is a  traumatic experience for parents. Negative cognitions and disruption in key beliefs favour the  persistence of  PTSD symptoms. Disturbances in beliefs are mediators in the  relationship between negative cognitions and symptoms of  PTSD. Reducing symptoms of  PTSD, and thus recovery, requires a  change in beliefs that are distorted by trauma.",
author="Ogińska-Bulik, Nina
and Socha, Izabela",
pages="206--220",
doi="10.5114/ppn.2017.71278",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ppn.2017.71278"
}