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.

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城市非裔美国高中生的正念和创伤后应激障碍症状严重程度

目的：本研究的目的是检查非裔美国城市青少年的正念、创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状严重程度和压力性生活事件 (SLE) 之间的关系。另一个目的是检查正念作为该人群中 SLE 和 PTSD 症状严重程度之间关系的调节剂。方法：来自低收入城市社区的 88 名非裔美国高中生完成了人口统计、PTSD 症状严重程度、SLE 和正念的测量。结果：正念与 PTSD 症状严重程度呈显着负相关，r(86) = -.70, p < .001, 95% CI [−.58, -79]，SLE 与 PTSD 症状严重程度呈显着正相关，r (86) = .29, p = .003, 95% CI [.09, .47]。在考虑 SLE 后，正念是 PTSD 症状严重程度的独立预测因子，B = -1.16, t (84) = -9.06, p < .001, 95% CI [-1.41, -0.90]，SLE 是考虑正念后 PTSD 症状严重程度的独立预测因子，B = 0.49, t ( 84) = 2.92, p = .004, 95% CI [0.16, 0.82]。正念并未调节 SLE 和 PTSD 症状严重程度之间的关系，B = -.003，t (84) = -0.15，p = .89，95% CI [-.04, .03]。启示：这项研究对正念作为预防 PTSD 症状严重程度的潜在保护因素和 SLE 作为非裔美国城市青少年 PTSD 症状严重程度增加的潜在风险因素都有影响。正念并未调节 SLE 和 PTSD 症状严重程度之间的关系，B = -.003，t (84) = -0.15，p = .89，95% CI [-.04, .03]。启示：这项研究对正念作为预防 PTSD 症状严重程度的潜在保护因素和 SLE 作为非裔美国城市青少年 PTSD 症状严重程度增加的潜在风险因素都有影响。正念并未调节 SLE 和 PTSD 症状严重程度之间的关系，B = -.003，t (84) = -0.15，p = .89，95% CI [-.04, .03]。启示：这项研究对正念作为预防 PTSD 症状严重程度的潜在保护因素和 SLE 作为非裔美国城市青少年 PTSD 症状严重程度增加的潜在风险因素都有影响。