Dynamika relacji między cechami temperamentu a nasileniem objawów pourazowego zaburzenia stresowego (PTSD) po wypadku drogowym. Efekt podatności i kom
The dynamics of relations between temperamental traits and intensity of PTSD symptoms after traffic accident. The effect of vulnerability and complica

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the relationship between temperamental traits and intensity of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and change of the direction in which both variables influence each other depending on time after the trauma. Longitudinal studies were conducted on about 700 traffic accidents participants: the first assessment took place within 24 months after the accident, the second — 12 months later. The analysis of the cross-lagged effects showed that in the subgroup studied earlier after accident (N = 362; after 1—6 months) the crucial role of temperamental traits could be identified indicating “temperamental vulnerability” to PTSD. In the subgroup studied later (N = 337; after 12—24 months), the reverse effect of PTSD symptoms on temperamental traits were identified indicating process of “complication”, i.e. temperamental changes caused by PTSD. The role of presented results for the analysis of psychological consequences of trauma was underlined as well as their implications for understanding the “enduring personality change after catastrophic experience” as a diagnostic category in the ICD-10.

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