International Journal of Research Studies in Psychology
CollabWritive Special Issue
2023 Volume 9 Issue 1
Available Online: 15 August 2023
Author/s:
Li, Jia
Graduate School, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Philippines
Abstract:
This study determined how post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms relate to state and trait anxiety among individuals with pneumonia by using quantitative correlational research design and randomly sampling 131 respondents who have pneumonia. Respondents were asked to answer the PCL-C and the STAI to measure the symptoms of PTSD and state and trait anxiety. It was found out that majority of the respondents were females, 25 to 30 years old, living in a residence coded as 2, focus time is equal or more than 1, but less than 2, and finished primary school. The respondents experience some PTSD symptoms especially the experience of avoidance or numbness syndrome, but no state nor trait anxieties. There is a significant difference in the respondents’ avoidance and hypervigilance symptoms of PTSD when grouped according to their place of residence; avoidance and overall symptoms of PTSD significantly differs also in terms of the respondents’ focus on time. There is also a significant difference in the respondents’ state anxiety when they are grouped based on their place of residence, focus on time and education while trait anxiety only differs in terms of the respondents’ focus on time. State anxiety on the other hand relates significantly to hypervigilance and avoidance and overall symptoms of PTSD, and there is also a significant relationship between state and trait anxiety. Lastly, an enhancement program was proposed to address the findings of this study.
Keywords: post-traumatic stress symptoms, trait anxiety, state anxiety
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsp.2023.2001
Cite this article:
Li, J. (2023). Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, state and trait anxiety among individuals with pneumonia. International Journal of Research Studies in Psychology, 9(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsp.2023.2001