Specificity and generalization of attentional bias in sexual trauma victims suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder

Highlights ► We investigate the specificity of attentional bias in PTSD patients. ► PTSD patients exhibit increased interference by threatening trauma-related words. ► Interference by non-threatening trauma-related words depends on PTSD severeness. ► Attentional bias is specific regarding trauma top...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of anxiety disorders 2011-08, Vol.25 (6), p.783-787
Hauptverfasser:	Fleurkens, Pascal, Rinck, Mike, van Minnen, Agnes
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Anxiety disorders. Neuroses Attention - physiology Attentional bias Biological and medical sciences Crime Victims - psychology Emotional Stroop Task Emotions - physiology Female Generalizations Humans Medical sciences Post-traumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry PTSD Sex Offenses - psychology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology Stroop Test Suffering Threatening Trauma-relatedness Women
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights ► We investigate the specificity of attentional bias in PTSD patients. ► PTSD patients exhibit increased interference by threatening trauma-related words. ► Interference by non-threatening trauma-related words depends on PTSD severeness. ► Attentional bias is specific regarding trauma topic, but can generalize by valance.
ISSN:	0887-6185 1873-7897
DOI:	10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.03.014