TY - JOUR
T1 - Mindfulness and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity in Urban African-American High School Students
AU - Schmitz, Jacob C.S.
AU - Prenoveau, Jason M.
AU - Papadakis, Alison A.
AU - Johnson, Adanna J.
AU - Lating, Jeffery M.
AU - Mendelson, Tamar
AU - Dariotis, Jacinda K.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the Holistic Life Foundation for their many contributions to the larger project this study is a part of and all they do for the City of Baltimore. We would also like to thank Sara Tafeen for her work towards the design and implementation of the larger project and Eleni Rizakos for her work towards the implementation of the larger project. We also thank the Baltimore City Public School administrators, teachers, and students who made the larger project possible.
Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by a grant from the Loyola University Maryland Dean’s Supplemental Professional Development Fund and a Loyola University Maryland Summer Research Grant. Acknowledgements
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Objectives: The aim of the current study was to examine the relations among mindfulness, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, and stressful life events (SLEs) in African-American urban adolescents. Another aim was to examine mindfulness as a moderator of the relation between SLEs and PTSD symptom severity in this population. Method: Eighty-eight African-American high school students from a low-income urban community completed measures of demographics, PTSD symptom severity, SLEs, and mindfulness. Results: Mindfulness was significantly negatively related to PTSD symptom severity, r(86) = −.70, p <.001, 95% CI [−.58, −79], and SLEs were significantly positively related to PTSD symptom severity, r(86) =.29, p =.003, 95% CI [.09,.47]. Mindfulness was an independent predictor of PTSD symptom severity after accounting for SLEs, B = −1.16, t(84) = −9.06, p <.001, 95% CI [−1.41, −0.90], and SLEs were an independent predictor of PTSD symptom severity after accounting for mindfulness, B = 0.49, t(84) = 2.92, p =.004, 95% CI [0.16, 0.82]. Mindfulness did not moderate the relation between SLEs and PTSD symptom severity, B = −.003, t(84) = −0.15, p =.89, 95% CI [−.04,.03]. Implications: This study has implications for both mindfulness as a potential protective factor against PTSD symptom severity and SLEs as a potential risk factor for increased PTSD symptom severity in African-American urban adolescents.
AB - Objectives: The aim of the current study was to examine the relations among mindfulness, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, and stressful life events (SLEs) in African-American urban adolescents. Another aim was to examine mindfulness as a moderator of the relation between SLEs and PTSD symptom severity in this population. Method: Eighty-eight African-American high school students from a low-income urban community completed measures of demographics, PTSD symptom severity, SLEs, and mindfulness. Results: Mindfulness was significantly negatively related to PTSD symptom severity, r(86) = −.70, p <.001, 95% CI [−.58, −79], and SLEs were significantly positively related to PTSD symptom severity, r(86) =.29, p =.003, 95% CI [.09,.47]. Mindfulness was an independent predictor of PTSD symptom severity after accounting for SLEs, B = −1.16, t(84) = −9.06, p <.001, 95% CI [−1.41, −0.90], and SLEs were an independent predictor of PTSD symptom severity after accounting for mindfulness, B = 0.49, t(84) = 2.92, p =.004, 95% CI [0.16, 0.82]. Mindfulness did not moderate the relation between SLEs and PTSD symptom severity, B = −.003, t(84) = −0.15, p =.89, 95% CI [−.04,.03]. Implications: This study has implications for both mindfulness as a potential protective factor against PTSD symptom severity and SLEs as a potential risk factor for increased PTSD symptom severity in African-American urban adolescents.
KW - Adolescents
KW - African-American
KW - Mindfulness
KW - PSTD
KW - Stress
KW - Stressful life events
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U2 - 10.1007/s11126-020-09774-x
DO - 10.1007/s11126-020-09774-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 32458341
AN - SCOPUS:85085367773
SN - 0033-2720
VL - 92
SP - 85
EP - 99
JO - Psychiatric Quarterly
JF - Psychiatric Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -