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Memory performance and dysfunctional cognitions in recent trauma victims and patients with post‐traumatic stress disorder
Author(s) -
Elsesser Karin,
Sartory Gudrun
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/cpp.545
Subject(s) - dysfunctional family , psychology , cognition , clinical psychology , distraction , traumatic stress , psychiatry , cognitive psychology
In order to investigate whether cognitive dysregulation contributed to memory impairment in trauma patients, recent trauma victims, post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients and healthy controls were compared with regard to verbal memory and dysfunctional cognitions. There were no significant group differences with regard to verbal memory. Concerning dysfunctional cognitions, recent trauma victims hardly differed from controls, unlike PTSD patients, who showed more negative appraisal, more dysfunctional thought control strategies and externality than controls. None of them were related to memory performance in the recent trauma group, and there was a negative correlation with distraction strategy in PTSD patients. In recent trauma victims, negative appraisal increased with time since the trauma. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.