Traumatic stress and its influence on subjective wellbeing and mental health: validation of the Essen trauma inventory

Kholmogorova A.B.
Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5194-0199
e-mail: kholmogorova@yandex.ru

Gorchakova V.A.

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In the present study the Essen Trauma Inventory (Tagay, Erim, Stoelk, Möllering, Mewes, Senf, 2007) has been tested on a Russian sample for the first time. Divorce, separation or quarrel with a significant other or partner (30%), death of a significant other (15.6 %), and severe illness (12.5 %) emerged to be the most severe traumatic events in the examined sample of 64 subjects. 3.1 % of participants displayed delayed reaction in the form of acute stress disorder symptoms and 12.5 % in the form of posttraumatic stress disorder. The data obtained gives evidence to the connection between remoteness of the experienced traumatic event and severity of psychopathologic symptoms.

Keywords: trauma, traumatic event, Essen Trauma Inventory, posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder

Column: Special topic

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Kholmogorova A.B., Gorchakova V.A. Traumatic stress and its influence on subjective wellbeing and mental health: validation of the Essen trauma inventory [Elektronnyi resurs]. Konsul'tativnaya psikhologiya i psikhoterapiya = Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2013. Vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 120–137.

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