Experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated an association between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and anger. Expanding upon past research, the current study examined the interactive associations among PTSS, distress tolerance (DT), and anger responding among a sample of 95 trauma-exposed adults. This study used a personalized script-driven imagery procedure to gauge emotional responses. Results from a hierarchical linear regression demonstrated a main effect of PTSS and an interaction between PTSS and DT. Simple slope analyses indicated that PTSS level was unrelated to anger responding among traumatic event-exposed people relatively low in DT, while anger responses were positively correlated with levels of PTSS among those relatively higher in DT. These findings highlight the need for future research to consider DT as well as other emotional vulnerability factors in assessing posttraumatic stress disorder-related anger.

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创伤后应激，痛苦容忍度和应对创伤事件线索的愤怒之间的独特且互动的关系。

实验和临床研究表明，创伤后应激症状（PTSS）与愤怒之间存在关联。在以往研究的基础上，本研究在95名遭受创伤的成年人中研究了PTSS，遇险耐受性（DT）和愤怒反应之间的互动关系。这项研究使用个性化脚本驱动的图像处理程序来评估情绪反应。分层线性回归的结果证明了PTSS的主要作用以及PTSS和DT之间的相互作用。简单的斜率分析表明，在DT相对较低的受创伤事件暴露人群中，PTSS水平与愤怒反应无关，而在DT相对较高的人群中，愤怒反应与PTSS水平呈正相关。