The role of trauma-related cognitive processes in the relationship between combat-PTSD symptom severity and anger expression and control

Abstract

Objective: Research suggests that the way anger is expressed and efforts to control anger may be particularly important in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, factors influencing the association between PTSD symptom severity and anger expression and control, and whether these associations are influenced in part by cognitive processes, have yet to be investigated in combat veterans. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating effect of trauma-related cognitive variables between combat-PTSD symptom severity and anger expression in Australian veterans. Method: A sample of 149 treatment-seeking Australian older-aged veterans with chronic combat-related PTSD complete..