= 1374 of these participants also reporting traumatic symptomology again at 12-month post-trauma. Structural equation modelling was utilized to assess the hierarchical model at 2 weeks and then longitudinally at 12-month post-trauma. negative affect and anxiety sensitivity both showed direct effects on traumatic symptomology in the acute period (2 weeks) post-trauma and then upon traumatic symptomology at 12 months. Anxiety sensitivity was found to be the dominant factor in both models. These findings support assertions that these deeper affective and cognitive styles are important factors that can account for later traumatic symptoms and may also be useful intervention targets to reduce acute symptoms and later post-traumatic mental health problems.
Kreminski et al. (Thu,) studied this question.