Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Canopy Growth Corporation, Smith Falls, ON, Canada.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2023 Jul;36(4):475-487. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2022.2126974. Epub 2022 Sep 27.
Idiographic script-driven imagery is core to both research and treatment related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including among individuals with a history of sexual assault. However, there may be benefit in having alternatives to such idiographic techniques. The current study therefore examined multimodal responding to a standardized audio-recorded narrative of a sexual assault.
In this experiment, 105 women (= 19.09, = 2.24) were recruited from the community and randomly assigned to listen to a depiction of sexual assault (trauma condition) or a similar experience without sexual assault (control condition).
As hypothesized, relative to the control group, participants in the trauma condition reported greater (a) increases in anxiety, anger, and disgust from pre- to post- manipulation, and (b) distress across the duration of the recording. In contrast to hypotheses, heart-rate did not differ across groups.
Results suggest listening to a standardized sexual assault narrative, compared to a non-traumatic narrative, effectively increases negative affect. This indicates standardized sexual assault narratives have potential as a traumatic event cue presentation method both for trauma-focused treatment and studying reactions to sexual assault cues.
现象学脚本驱动意象是创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）相关研究和治疗的核心，包括有性侵犯史的个体。然而，这种现象学技术可能有替代品。因此，本研究考察了对标准化录音性侵叙述的多模态反应。
本实验从社区招募了 105 名女性（=19.09，=2.24），并将其随机分配到聆听性侵描述（创伤组）或类似无性侵经历（对照组）的条件下。
正如假设的那样，与对照组相比，创伤组的参与者在从干预前到干预后的（a）焦虑、愤怒和厌恶情绪的增加更大，以及（b）在录音过程中的痛苦更大。与假设相反，心率在组间没有差异。
结果表明，与非创伤性叙述相比，聆听标准化的性侵叙述有效增加了负面情绪。这表明标准化的性侵叙述有可能成为一种创伤性事件提示呈现方法，既适用于创伤聚焦治疗，也适用于研究对性侵提示的反应。
