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    Distant Memories: A Prospective Study of Vantage Point of Trauma Memories

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    Kenny, LM; Bryant, RA; Silove, D; Creamer, M; O'Donnell, M; McFarlane, AC
    Date
    2009-09-01
    Source Title
    PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
    Publisher
    SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Creamer, Mark; O'Donnell, Meaghan
    Affiliation
    Psychiatry
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    Journal Article
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    Kenny, L. M., Bryant, R. A., Silove, D., Creamer, M., O'Donnell, M. & McFarlane, A. C. (2009). Distant Memories: A Prospective Study of Vantage Point of Trauma Memories. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 20 (9), pp.1049-1052. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02393.x.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/27651
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02393.x
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    Abstract
    Adopting an observer perspective to recall trauma memories may function as a form of avoidance that maintains posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We conducted a prospective study to analyze the relationship between memory vantage point and PTSD symptoms. Participants (N= 947) identified the vantage point of their trauma memory and reported PTSD symptoms within 4 weeks of the trauma; 730 participants repeated this process 12 months later. Initially recalling the trauma from an observer vantage point was related to more severe PTSD symptoms at that time and 12 months later. Shifting from a field to an observer perspective a year after trauma was associated with greater PTSD severity at 12 months. These results suggest that remembering trauma from an observer vantage point is related to both immediate and ongoing PTSD symptoms.
    Keywords
    Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy); Mental Health; Mental Health

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