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Information processing of an acquaintance rape scenario among high‐ and low‐dissociating college women
Author(s) -
Sandberg David A.,
Lynn Steven Jay,
Matorin Abigail I.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1023/a:1011168808683
Subject(s) - dissociation (chemistry) , psychology , trait , information processing , social psychology , injury prevention , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , medicine , medical emergency , chemistry , programming language
To assess the impact of dissociation on information processing, 66 college women with high and low levels of trait dissociation were studied with regard to how they unitized videotape segments of an acquaintance rape scenario (actual assault not shown) and a nonthreatening control scenario. Unitization is a paradigm that measures how actively people process stimuli by recording how many times they press a button to indicate that they have seen a significant or meaningful event. Trait dissociation was negatively correlated with participants' unitization of the acquaintance rape videotape, unitization was positively correlated with danger cue identification, and state dissociation was negatively correlated with dangerousness ratings.