Dwelling on verbal but not pictorial threat cues: An eye-tracking study with adult survivors of childhood interpersonal violence
| Autor: | Meike Müller-Engelmann, Maximilian Bernecker, Laura Richert, Kathlen Priebe, Thomas Fydrich, Martin Bohus, Anke Weidmann, Miriam Knauss, Benedikt Reuter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Child abuse Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Population Poison control Psychological Trauma Attentional bias Attentional Bias Interpersonal relationship Adverse Childhood Experiences mental disorders Injury prevention Humans education Eye Movement Measurements media_common Exposure to Violence Facial expression education.field_of_study Clinical Psychology Adult Survivors of Child Adverse Events Female Cues Psychology Vigilance (psychology) Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 12:46-54 |
| ISSN: | 1942-969X 1942-9681 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/tra0000424 |
| Popis: | Objective Previous studies have found evidence of an attentional bias for trauma-related stimuli in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using eye-tracking (ET) technlogy. However, it is unclear whether findings for PTSD after traumatic events in adulthood can be transferred to PTSD after interpersonal trauma in childhood. The latter is often accompanied by more complex symptom features, including, for example, affective dysregulation and has not yet been studied using ET. The aim of this study was to explore which components of attention are biased in adult victims of childhood trauma with PTSD compared to those without PTSD. Method Female participants with (n = 27) or without (n = 27) PTSD who had experienced interpersonal violence in childhood or adolescence watched different trauma-related stimuli (Experiment 1: words, Experiment 2: facial expressions). We analyzed whether trauma-related stimuli were primarily detected (vigilance bias) and/or dwelled on longer (maintenance bias) compared to stimuli of other emotional qualities. Results For trauma-related words, there was evidence of a maintenance bias but not of a vigilance bias. For trauma-related facial expressions, there was no evidence of any bias. Conclusions At present, an attentional bias to trauma-related stimuli cannot be considered as robust in PTSD following trauma in childhood compared to that of PTSD following trauma in adulthood. The findings are discussed with respect to difficulties attributing effects specifically to PTSD in this highly comorbid though understudied population. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved). |
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