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Psyiological Arousal and Dissociation in Acute Trauma Victims During Trauma Narratives
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Nixon, RDV and Bryant, RA and Moulds, M and Felmingham, KL and Mastrodomenico, J, Psyiological Arousal and Dissociation in Acute Trauma Victims During Trauma Narratives, Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18, (2) pp. 107-113. ISSN 0894-9867 (2005) [Refereed Article]
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2005 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies The final publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to examine whether the finding of suppressed physiological activity
in dissociative rape-trauma victims (Griffin, Resick,&Mechanic, 1997) was replicable in a nonsexual
assault trauma group. A sample of 17 high-dissociating (HD) participants and 18 low-dissociating
(LD) participants who had experienced a motor vehicle accident or physical assault described their
trauma while skin conductance, heart rate activity, and self-reported mood were recorded. HD individuals
demonstrated a trend for elevated heart rate during the experiment compared with LD
participants, but both groups displayed comparable skin-conductance levels. Curve estimation analysis
indicated that the two groups had a similar pattern of physiological responding during the trauma
narratives. These findings challenge the notion that dissociative reactions are associated with reduced
psychophysiological arousal after trauma.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Clinical and health psychology |
Research Field: | Health psychology |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Felmingham, KL (Professor Kim Felmingham) |
ID Code: | 72138 |
Year Published: | 2005 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 31 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2011-08-22 |
Last Modified: | 2011-09-13 |
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