The role of negative beliefs as a pre-trauma vulnerability factor in posttraumatic stress disorder: A pre-survey

Krarzia, Mohamed Akram; Soualmia, Farida; Benloucif, Houria

مجلة دراسات في سيكولوجية الانحراف
Volume 9, Numéro 2, Pages 473-486
2025-01-01

The Role Of Negative Beliefs As A Pre-trauma Vulnerability Factor In Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pre-survey

Authors : Krarzia Mohamed Akram . Soualmia Farida . Benloucif Houria .

Abstract

Post-traumatic syndromes are pathological reactions to traumatic events. Most people recover within a relatively short timescale, for others, the symptoms persist for a substantial period. It is stated that post-traumatic syndromes such as PTSD become persistent in individuals with vulnerability factors. This paper reviews the statistical contrast within the prevalence and examines through a pre-survey the importance of negative beliefs as a vulnerability that exacerbates trauma. The survey included 21 individuals (13 men and 8 women) suffering from post-traumatic syndromes. Based on semi-structured interviews, we performed a thematic discourse content analysis. The results show themes relating to thoughts and beliefs, physical sensations, memories of the event, emotional states, and social support. Out of 759 themes, 239 featured negative beliefs, accounting for 29.54% of the corpus – the highest percentage of textual units in the analysis. The themes concern thoughts of rumination, devaluation, low self-esteem, control, blame, responsibility, and pessimism. These findings suggest an important relationship between pre-trauma negative beliefs and the occurrence of post-traumatic syndromes.