Appraisal of self, social environment, and state authority as a possible mediator of posttraumatic stress disorder in tortured political activists.

Yazarlar

Metin Başoğlu, Murat Paker, Erdoğan Özmen, Özgün Taşdemir, Doğan Şahin, Ayten Ceyhanli, Cem Incesu, Nuşin Sarimurat

Yayın tarihi

1996/5

Dergi

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Cilt

105

Sayı

2

Sayfalar

232

Yayıncı

American Psychological Association

Açıklama

This study examined appraisal of self and others, as measured by semantic differential ratings of Police, State, Society, Family, Friend, Myself as a Man/Woman, and Myself as a Political Person, in 55 tortured political activists in Turkey, 55 nontortured political activists, and 55 nontortured, politically noninvolved controls. There were no remarkable differences between tortured and nontortured political activists; both groups differed from controls in having a more negative appraisal of the police and the state and stronger perceptions of danger, mistrust, and injustice in relation to state authority. Lack of beliefs concerning a” benevolent state” may have protected the survivors from the traumatic effects of state-perpetrated torture. Further research into the possible protective role of belief systems in posttraumatic stress disorder is needed.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)