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Memory bias for faces that are perceived as hostile by crime victims with acute posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Author

  • N Paunovic
  • Lars-Gunnar Lundh
  • L.G Öst

Summary, in English

The present study tested, and found support for, the hypotheses that crime victims with acute post-traumatic stress disorder have: (1) a general memory impairment for faces; and (ii) a memory bias for faces that they perceive as hostile, even when these faces are not arranged to show any hostile face expressions. It is suggested that crime victims with acute post-traumatic stress disorder perform worse on recognition memory due to impaired concentration, and that they allocate their limited attentional resources to the detection of hostility in others in order to avoid being victimized again. This produces a memory bias for perceived hostility even in relatively innocuous everyday interactions with others, which contributes to maintaining the sense of serious current threat that characterizes post-traumatic stress disorder.

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

203-214

Publication/Series

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volume

32

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Psychology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1651-2316