Change in Trauma Narratives and Perceived Recall Ability over a Course of Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD.
Change in Trauma Narratives and Perceived Recall Ability over a Course of Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD.
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PTSD 认知加工治疗过程中创伤叙事和感知回忆能力的变化。
DOI:
10.1037/trm0000012
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Elwood,LisaS
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作者:
Mott,JulietteM;Galovski,TaraE;Walsh,RyanM;Elwood,LisaS
This study sought to evaluate changes in written trauma narratives completed during a course of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Participants were 22 female survivors of interpersonal assault who represented a subset of participants from 2 larger CPT treatment trials. Participants completed 2 written trauma narratives over the course of treatment. We predicted that narratives would increase in length and peritraumatic detail, and that participants would perceive an increase in their recall ability for important aspects of the trauma. Although narrative length and amount of peritraumatic detail did not change significantly from first to final narrative, participants evidenced changes in the content of the peritraumatic details. Participants commonly omitted assaultive acts from 1 of their narratives. There was a greater degree of fluctuation within the reporting of sexual assaults, as compared with physical assaults, with 55% of participants reporting a forced sexual act in 1 narrative but not the other. Participants did not report significant changes in perceived recall ability for the traumatic event after completing the narratives, but did report improvements in perceived recall from pre-to posttreatment. Overall, findings indicate that clients included different details (but not more details) in their final narrative, and that perceived increases in recall ability may not be a typical experience for clients as they complete written narratives in the context of trauma-focused treatment.