The Organization and Content of Trauma Memories in Survivors of Road Traffic Accidents
This paper investigates the trauma narratives of 131 road traffic accident survivors prospectively, at 1 week, 6 weeks, and 3 months post-trauma. At 1 and 6 weeks, narratives of survivors with acute stress disorder (ASD) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were less coherent and included more dissociation content. By 3 months, their narratives also contained more repetition, more non-consecutive chunks, and more sensory words. Traumatic brain injury was associated with a separate characteristic, confusion, at all 3 time points. Three aspects of narrative organization at 1 week—repetition, non-consecutive chunks, and coherence—predicted PTSD severity at 3 months after controlling for initial symptoms. Results suggest both a strong concurrent and predictive relationship between narrative disorganization and ASD/PTSD but that as people recover from ASD, their narratives do not necessarily become less disorganized.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
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Authors:
- Jones, Charlie
- Harvey, Allison G
- Brewin, Chris R
- Publication Date: 2007-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 151-162
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Serial:
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Volume: 45
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0005-7967
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Anxiety; Behavior; Brain; Memory; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychological aspects; Stress (Psychology); Traffic crash victims; Traffic crashes
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01051974
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 26 2007 3:41PM