PREDICTING ROLE OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS ON POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOMS AMONG WOMEN WITH UNINTENTIONAL BURN INJURY

Abstract

The present study examine the predictive role of emotional and behavioral problems on post-traumatic stress symptoms among women with unintentional burn injury. Here emotional problems include depression, and anxiety whereas behavioral problems include conduct issues. 200 women burn survivors age above 19 years were examined. The demographic form along with Adjustment Problem Scale for Adults (to measure depression, anxiety and conduct problems) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian Version (to measure post-traumatic stress symptoms). In SPSS version 24, descriptive statistics and multiple regression were employed for data analysis.  The findings showed that depression, anxiety and conduct problems significantly predict post-traumatic stress symptoms among women with unintentional burn injury F(3,196) = 58.94, p < .001 ).  Further, anxiety, depression, and conduct problems explained 47.4% variance in post-traumatic stress symptoms (R2 = .474). Among the predictive variables, anxiety (β = .27, p = .003), depression (β = .28, p = .001), and conduct issues (β = .23, p = .001) made significant positive influence on post-traumatic stress symptoms. These finding indicated that if anxiety, depression, and conduct problems were high the post-traumatic stress symptoms also elevate. It was concluded that anxiety, depression, and conduct problems were significantly predicting the post-traumatic stress symptoms among women with unintentional burn injury.

Keywords: Anxiety, Depression, Conduct Problems, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Women with Unintentional Burn Injury.