SUPPRESSING TRAUMATIC MATERIAL

抑制创伤性物质

• 批准号: 2724257
• 负责人: LIZABETH ROEMER
• 金额: $ 4.09万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-15 至 2000-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2724257
• 关键词: avoidance behavior; behavior modification; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; cognition; data collection; emotions; female; heart rate; human subject; mind control; posttraumatic stress disorder; psychological shock; rape; suppression

The proposed study will begin a program of research designed to explore factors that enhance or inhibit successful emotional processing of traumatic information, beginning with a focus on motivated suppression of traumatic material. Extant theories of post-traumatic stress propose that avoidance of traumatic reminders interferes with successful processing of the traumatic event, causing the emotionality and accessibility of the memory to remain unaltered. However, these theories do not address whether avoidance may also directly cause memories to become more accessible and emotionally distressing. Experimental research on the ironic process of mental control indicates that such a causal relationship may exist: suppression instructions result in increased accessibility and negative affect associated with the forbidden material. The present investigation will explore the clinical applicability of these findings by examining the impact of suppressing thoughts of a rape- related article among rape survivors. Sixty female rape survivors will read a news article describing several sexual assaults. Half will then be instructed to suppress thoughts of the story while the other half are given instructions that permit thoughts of the story. Accessibility of rape-related thoughts will be measured by comparing latencies to color-naming rape related versus neutral words in the modified Stroop task. Rape-related emotional distress will be assessed by comparing self-report and heart rate responses during the initial reading of the rape article to those responses while reading the rape article following the experimental manipulation. It is predicted that suppression instructions will increase accessibility and emotional distress associated with rape-related material. These findings will have implications for devising effective early intervention strategies for trauma-exposed individuals.

拟议的研究将开始一项旨在的研究计划 探索增强或抑制成功情绪的因素 处理创伤信息的处理，首先关注 动机抑制创伤物质。 现存的理论 创伤后压力提出避免创伤性提醒 干扰了创伤事件的成功处理，导致 记忆的情感和可及性保持不变。 但是，这些理论无法解决避免是否也可能 直接引起记忆变得更容易获得和情感 令人痛苦。 关于具有讽刺意味的心理过程的实验研究 控制表明这种因果关系可能存在： 抑制指示导致可访问性增加和 与禁止材料相关的负面影响。 现在 调查将探讨这些的临床适用性 通过检查抑制强奸思想的影响来发现 强奸幸存者之间的相关文章。 六十名女强奸幸存者 将阅读一篇描述几种性侵犯的新闻文章。 一半 然后，将指示在 给出了其他一半的指示，可以构想故事的想法。 与强奸相关思想的可访问性将通过比较来衡量 对颜色命名强奸与中性单词的延迟 修改后的Stroop任务。 与强奸有关的情绪困扰将是 通过比较自我报告和心率反应来评估 在阅读时，对这些回答的强奸文章的初步阅读 实验操作后的强奸文章。 这是 预测抑制说明将增加可访问性 和与强奸相关的材料相关的情绪困扰。 这些 调查结果将对提早设计有效 暴露于创伤的个体的干预策略。