Evoked Death-Related Thoughts in the Aftermath of Terror Attack: The Associations Between Mortality Salience Effect and Adjustment Disorder. Issue 1 (January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ring, Lia; Lavenda, Osnat; Hamama-Raz, Yaira; Ben-Ezra, Menachem; Pitcho-Prelorentzos, Shani; David, Udi Y.; Zaken, Adi; Mahat-Shamir, Michal
• Is Part Of: Journal of nervous and mental disease. Volume 206:Issue 1(2018:Jan.)
• Publication Date: 2018-01
• Subjects: ICD-11 -- adjustment disorder -- mortality salience effect -- terror attack; Neurology -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Neurology; Psychiatry; Neurologie; Psychiatrie; Neurology; Psychiatry; Periodicals; 616.8005
• DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000738
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3018

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: ICD-11 has provided a revised definition for adjustment disorder (AjD). The current study examined whether mortality salience effect, a possible consequence of a terror attack, may serve as a significant predictor associated with each of the AjD subscales. Using an online survey, 379 adult participants were recruited and filled out self-reported questionnaires dealing with adjustment disorder symptoms as well as mortality salience effect. Findings revealed that mortality salience effect was a significant predictor of all AjD subscales. The importance of mortality salience effect for AjD is discussed in light of terror management theory.