Journal articleContemp Clin Trials · July 2026
BACKGROUND: The prevalent comorbidity of alcohol use disorder (AUD) with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by more severe symptomatology, greater functional impairment, increased suicide risk, and poorer treatment outcomes as compared t ...
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Journal articleHum Brain Mapp · July 2026
Many symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) overlap with the psychological sequelae of tinnitus, including sleep difficulty, concentration problems, hypervigilance, and irritability. Although these two disorders are clearly distinct, they are hig ...
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Journal articlePsychol Serv · May 2026
The goal of this study was to examine the cost-effectiveness of evidence-based psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy, by comparing four delivery modalities: home-based telehe ...
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Journal articleAssessment · March 2026
The posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5; PCL-5) was designed and validated to track symptoms over the past month (PCL-5-M), yet an untested ad hoc weekly version (PC ...
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Journal articleCephalalgia · March 2026
BackgroundPost-traumatic headache (PTH) is typically described as migraine- or tension-type-like and treated based on presentation. However, the actual presentations of PTH are not well characterized. The aim of this study is to provide a phenotypic charac ...
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Journal articleEur J Psychotraumatol · December 2025
Trauma is a global issue and public health concern. Political decisions may directly impact rates of trauma exposure, be it individual trauma or mass disaster, and guide how we deal with the consequences of trauma. In this editorial, we warn that the curre ...
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Journal articleAIDS Res Ther · October 28, 2025
BACKGROUND: People living with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; PLHIV) have high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which contributes to poor health outcomes. Avoidant behavior, a hallmark feature and overlapping symptom of PTSD and HIV stig ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · June 2025
This study explored the association between changes in pain and related health outcomes and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms following cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in an active duty military sample. Based on the mutual maintenance model, ...
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Journal articleJAMA Netw Open · February 3, 2025
IMPORTANCE: Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, there is little evidence on the efficacy of CPT in East Asia. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether CPT is effective in treating PTSD ...
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Journal articleJMIR Form Res · January 16, 2025
BACKGROUND: Individuals with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and HIV are at high-risk for negative HIV-related outcomes, including low adherence to antiretroviral therapy, faster disease progression, more hospitalizations, and almost twic ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · December 2024
Between 44% and 87% of active duty service members and veterans who deployed following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks know someone who was killed or seriously injured in combat. Considering the high frequency and known impact of traumatic loss, ...
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Journal articleBMJ Ment Health · November 13, 2024
BACKGROUND: Available empirical evidence on participant-level factors associated with dropout from psychotherapies for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is both limited and inconclusive. More comprehensive understanding of the various factors that cont ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · November 2024
This state of the science review provides an overview of the history and findings of cognitive processing therapy (CPT), one of the most recommended treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, and comorbid conditions. After an intr ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · October 2024
OBJECTIVE: In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the assumption of the equipotentiality of traumas ignores potentially unique contexts and consequences of different traumas. Accordingly, Stein et al. (2012) developed a reliable typing scheme in which as ...
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Journal articleCognitive Therapy and Research · August 1, 2024
Background: Military personnel who complete cognitive processing therapy (CPT) can still experience residual symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Gaining a deeper understanding of the characteristics that influence response to CPT may increase ...
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Journal articleCognitive and Behavioral Practice · May 1, 2024
Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is recommended for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but is infrequently delivered. Many clinicians have concerns about CPT that impact usage. Common concerns include (a) CPT's effectiveness in “real-w ...
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Journal articleBehav Res Ther · May 2024
Emotional engagement when recollecting a trauma memory is considered a key element of effective trauma-focused therapy. Research has shown that reduced physiological reactivity during trauma recall is associated with worse treatment outcomes for posttrauma ...
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Journal articleJ Affect Disord · April 1, 2024
OBJECTIVE: The connections among posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and suicidal ideation are elusive because of an overreliance on cross-sectional studies. In this secondary analysis of pooled data from three clinical trials of 742 military ...
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Journal articlePsychol Serv · February 2024
The intent of this study is to examine treatment impact and efficiency observed when cognitive behavioral treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are delivered in-person or using telehealth. This study pooled data from 268 veterans enrolled in ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials · January 2024
BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent among military personnel. Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is identified as one of the most effective treatments for PTSD, although smaller effects have been found in military populations. Hig ...
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Journal articleEur J Psychotraumatol · 2024
ABSTRACTBackground: Prior research has shown PTSD treatment leads to reductions in cardiovascular reactivity during trauma recall, but the extent to which such reductions are associated with changes in PTSD symptoms is less clear. Moreover, such relationsh ...
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Journal articleEur J Psychotraumatol · 2024
Background: The complexity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms related to childhood abuse (CA) present challenges for effective psychotherapeutic treatment. Consequently, there is great interest in the long-term effectiveness of psychological ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · December 2023
Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, some patients do not improve to the same extent as others. It is important to understand potential factors that can be modified for better patie ...
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Journal articleJ Anxiety Disord · December 2023
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has high comorbidity with other psychiatric conditions, including depression, generalized anxiety, and suicidality. Evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for PTSD are effective at reducing PTSD symptoms. However, evidence on ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · November 2023
OBJECTIVE: Evidence-based psychotherapies are efficacious at reducing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, but military and veteran samples improve less than civilians. The objective of this secondary analysis of two clinical trials of cognitive ...
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Journal articleAssessment · October 2023
We assessed the interrater reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity of the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview-Short Form (SITBI-SF) in a sample of 1,944 active duty service members and veterans seeking services for posttraum ...
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Journal articleJ Clin Sleep Med · August 1, 2023
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Sleep disturbances are common in military personnel with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and may persist following treatment. This study examined service members seeking treatment for PTSD, reporting insomnia symptoms, nightmares, ex ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · August 2023
Insomnia and nightmares are common in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They are associated with worse psychological and physical health and worse PTSD treatment outcomes. In addition, they are resistant to PTSD treatments, which do not t ...
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Journal articleJ Psychosom Res · July 2023
OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with elevated risk of coronary heart disease (CHD); however, the effects of PTSD treatment on CHD biomarkers is unknown. This study examined whether cognitive processing therapy (CPT) improves 2 ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials Commun · June 2023
Despite high rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in persons living with HIV (PLWH) and poor HIV-related health outcomes associated with PTSD, an effective evidence-based treatment for PTSD symptoms in PLWH does not exist. Negative reinforcement ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · May 2023
OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated implicit associations (i.e., associations in memory that are automatically activated and difficult to control consciously) related to trauma and one's self in the context of a clinical trial for active duty service members s ...
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Journal articleJ Anxiety Disord · April 2023
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is theoretically maintained by avoidance of emotions elicited from trauma-related beliefs. Whether PTSD symptom profiles and specific emotions predict treatment response is unknown. This secondary data analysis examined ...
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Journal articleJ Mil Veteran Fam Health · April 1, 2023
INTRODUCTION: Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is recommended for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and effective across a range of trauma types. However, some have questioned whether CPT is effective for morally injurious traumas, in ...
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Journal articleArthritis Care Res (Hoboken) · March 2023
OBJECTIVE: Previous research with civilian populations has found strong associations between fibromyalgia (FM) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We undertook this study to investigate the prevalence of FM in military service members with and withou ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · March 2023
OBJECTIVE: A common concern is whether individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hazardous drinking will respond to PTSD treatment or need a higher dose. In a sample of active-duty military, we examined the impact of hazardous drinking on c ...
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Journal articleHeadache · March 2023
OBJECTIVE: To explore whether the association between change in headache management self-efficacy and posttraumatic headache-related disability is partially mediated by a change in anxiety symptom severity. BACKGROUND: Many cognitive-behavioral therapy tre ...
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Journal articleJ Anxiety Disord · January 2023
Although there is ample evidence that PTSD is effectively treated by first-line therapies such as Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), it is less clear to what degree these treatments improve quality of life (QOL), a common presenting concern of treatment-s ...
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Journal articleEur J Psychotraumatol · 2023
Background: This study was an examination of the puzzling finding that people assessed for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) consistently score higher on the self-report PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) than the Clinician-Administered PTSD S ...
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Journal articleJ Dual Diagn · 2023
OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) commonly co-occur and represent a complex, challenging clinical comorbidity. Meta-analytic studies and systematic reviews suggest that trauma-focused treatments are more effi ...
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Journal articleAm J Audiol · December 5, 2022
PURPOSE: Military service personnel are at increased risk for developing tinnitus due to heightened exposure to acoustic trauma. The auditory disorder is the leading service-connected disability among veterans and is highly comorbidly diagnosed with posttr ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · December 2022
This study examined the impact of a history of head injury (HHI) on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms in active duty military personnel following group and individual cognitive processing therapy (CPT). Data for these secondary a ...
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Journal articleAggression and Violent Behavior · September 1, 2022
Irritability, angry outbursts, and aggression are common among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although aggression can be a problem among many individuals with PTSD, research suggests that the relationship between PTSD and aggression ...
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Journal articleJAMA Neurol · August 1, 2022
IMPORTANCE: Posttraumatic headache is the most disabling complication of mild traumatic brain injury. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are often comorbid with posttraumatic headache, and there are no established treatments for this comorbidity ...
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Journal articleJ Clin Sleep Med · June 1, 2022
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Characterize associations between sleep impairments and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, including anger, in service members seeking treatment for PTSD. METHODS: Ninety-three US Army personnel recruited into a PTSD treatment ...
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Journal articleCognitive and Behavioral Practice · May 1, 2022
There is a strong comorbidity between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, there is lack of dissemination regarding modifications of evidence-based therapies for PTSD among individuals with comorbid bipolar I disorder. ...
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Journal articleHealth Psychol · March 2022
OBJECTIVE: Tinnitus and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are among the top service-connected disabilities within the Veterans Health Administration. Extant research shows that there is considerable overlap between tinnitus-related distress and PTSD, in ...
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Journal articleBMC Psychiatry · January 17, 2022
BACKGROUND: Trauma-focused psychotherapies for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military veterans are efficacious, but there are many barriers to receiving treatment. The objective of this study was to determine if cognitive processin ...
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Journal articleJAMA Netw Open · January 4, 2022
IMPORTANCE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs more commonly among military service members than among civilians; however, despite the availability of several evidence-based treatments, there is a need for more efficient evidence-based PTSD treatm ...
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Journal articleJAMA Netw Open · January 4, 2022
IMPORTANCE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent and serious mental health problem. Although there are effective psychotherapies for PTSD, there is little information about their comparative effectiveness. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effective ...
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Journal articlePLoS One · 2022
Tinnitus is a common, functionally disabling condition of often unknown etiology. Neuroimaging research to better understand tinnitus is emerging but remains limited in scope. Voxel-based physiology (VBP) studies detect tinnitus-associated pathophysiology ...
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Journal articlePLoS One · 2022
OBJECTIVE: To compare a Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatment (Cognitive Processing Therapy; CPT), an Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) treatment (Relapse Prevention; RP), and assessment-only (AO) for those meeting diagnostic criteria for both PTSD and A ...
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Journal articleJ Child Adolesc Trauma · December 2021
Research supports the efficacy of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for reducing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and comorbid conditions among survivors of sexual assault and other traumas. To date, there are no known studies using CPT with adolescen ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials · November 2021
The STRONG STAR Consortium (South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience) and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD are interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research consortia focused on the detection, diagnosis, pre ...
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Journal articleHeadache · October 2021
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the relationship between head trauma types (blast injury, blunt injury, combined blast+blunt injury) with subsequent headache presentations and functioning. BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic headaches (PTHs), the most common sequelae of ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · October 2021
OBJECTIVE: Failing to account for temporal dynamics can hinder our understanding of suicidal ideation and the potential mechanisms underlying increased risk for suicide death and suicide attempts associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To add ...
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Journal articleBehav Res Ther · September 2021
We examined whether extinction or changes negative trauma-related beliefs occur either prior to or concurrently with changes in posttraumatic stress symptoms among individuals who received either Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) or Written Exposure Thera ...
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Journal articleBehav Res Ther · September 2021
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, not every client achieves optimal outcomes. Data were pooled from four randomized trials in which female interpersonal trauma survivors complete ...
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Journal articleCognitive and Behavioral Practice · August 1, 2021
Many veterans receiving treatment for PTSD in the VA health care system are also living with a disability and utilize assistive technologies for communication and/or mobility. While evidence-based treatments for PTSD have been disseminated in VA hospitals ...
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Journal articleCognitive Therapy and Research · August 1, 2021
Background: Although there has been research connecting PTSD and social support, there has been little research on effects of treatment, especially in military samples. The current study examined the relationship between these variables over the course of ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · August 2021
Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is a gold-standard treatment for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, adolescents may also benefit from CPT, particularly when existing evidence-based treatments for adolescents are unavailable or no ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · August 2021
Sexual assault (SA) often occurs in the context of substances, which can impair the trauma memory and contribute to negative cognitions like self-blame. Although these factors may affect posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment, outcomes for substanc ...
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Journal articleBehav Res Ther · June 2021
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based therapy recommended for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, rates of improvement and remission are lower in veterans and active duty military compared to civilians. Although CPT was develop ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · May 2021
Fidelity monitoring is a critical indicator of psychotherapy quality and is central to successful implementation. A major barrier to fidelity in routine care is the lack of feasible, scalable, and valid measurement strategies. A reliable, low-burden fideli ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · May 2021
Objective: Many clinicians question whether patients with a history of childhood trauma will benefit from trauma-focused treatment. In this secondary analysis, we examined whether reports of childhood abuse moderated the efficacy of cognitive processing th ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · March 2021
Objective: This study sought to understand the extent and influence of head injuries (HIs) on recovery from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of treatment-seeking survivors of interpersonal violence, including intimate partner violence (IPV) ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials · March 2021
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with accelerated progression of coronary heart disease (CHD). However, the underlying pathophysiological pathway has remained elusive and it is unclear whether there is a direct link between PTSD and ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials Commun · March 2021
Posttraumatic headache (PTH) is a common debilitating condition arising from head injury and is highly prevalent among military service members and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Diagnosis and treatment for PTH is still evolving, and surprisin ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials Commun · March 2021
OBJECTIVES: Several recent studies have demonstrated that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and insomnia treatments are associated with significant reductions in suicidal ideation (SI) among service members. However, few investigations have evaluated th ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · February 2021
This study was a secondary data analysis of clinical trial data collected from 268 active duty U.S. military service members seeking cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at Fort Hood, Texas, related to combat operatio ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · January 2021
Although patient intelligence may be an important determinant of the degree to which individuals may comprehend, comply with, and ultimately benefit from trauma-focused treatment, no prior studies have examined the impact of patient intelligence on benefit ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · January 2021
Aggressive behavior is prevalent among veterans of post-9/11 conflicts who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, little is known about whether PTSD treatments reduce aggression or the direction of the association between changes in PTSD sympt ...
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Journal articleTechnology Mind and Behavior · January 1, 2021
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) has been found to be effective in individual and group therapy formats for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, many people in need of evidence-based PTSD treatment do not receive therapy due to distance from or ...
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Journal articleJAMA Psychiatry · December 1, 2020
IMPORTANCE: Childhood abuse significantly increases the risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often accompanied by symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and other co-occurring mental disorders. Despite the high prevalence, sy ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials · December 2020
Many individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also suffer from insomnia and nightmares, which may be symptoms of PTSD or constitute partially independent comorbid disorders. Sleep disturbances are resistant to current treatments for PTSD, and ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · November 2020
For many decades, the U.S. military's general operational guideline has been to limit the use of trauma-focused treatments for combat and operational stress reactions in military service members until they have returned from deployment. Recently, published ...
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Journal articleNeurobiol Stress · November 2020
Several studies have demonstrated poor retention of extinction learning among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Gonadal hormone signaling in brain appears to influence the retention of extinction learning differently in women with and ...
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Journal articleCephalalgia · October 2020
BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic headache is difficult to define and there is debate about the specificity of the 7-day headache onset criterion in the current definition. There is limited evidence available to guide decision making about this criterion. METHOD: ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · September 2020
Cognitive-behavioral conjoint therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (CBCT for PTSD; Monson & Fredman, 2012) is efficacious in improving PTSD symptoms and relationship adjustment among couples with PTSD. However, there is a need for more efficient deliv ...
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Journal articleJournal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy · September 1, 2020
Current research into Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) examines how and for whom CPT works best, with a focus on understanding treatment outcomes in special populations. Session timing appears to have an effect on CPT outcomes in civilian samples, but th ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · August 2020
The global outbreak of COVID-19 has required mental health providers to rapidly rethink and adapt how they provide care. Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is a trauma-focused, evidence-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder that is effective wh ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · May 2020
Both negative posttraumatic cognitions and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms decrease over the course of cognitive-behavior therapy for PTSD; however, further research is needed to determine whether cognitive change precedes and predicts sympto ...
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Journal articleJ Med Internet Res · April 29, 2020
BACKGROUND: Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) face symptoms that can hinder access to treatment, such as avoidance and guilt. Telemedicine offers a technological solution to increase access to mental health care and overcome barriers to ...
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Journal articleJ Clin Psychol · March 2020
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reduces anger and aggression and if changes in PTSD symptoms are associated with changes in anger and aggression. METHOD: Active duty service members (n = 374) seeking PTSD treatme ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials Commun · March 2020
Although there are a number of effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), there is a need to develop more efficient evidence-based PTSD treatments to address barriers to seeking and receiving treatment. Written exposure therapy (WET) is ...
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Journal articleCognit Ther Res · February 27, 2020
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine demographic, psychological, military, and deployment variables that might predict posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom improvement in a sample of active duty service members who received either g ...
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Journal articleJ Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci · 2020
OBJECTIVE: Approximately 5%-20% of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and another 11%-23% have traumatic brain injury (TBI). Cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBTs) are empirically validated treatment s ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · November 2019
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated patterns and predictors of change from three efficacy trials of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral treatments (TF-CBT) among service members (N = 702; mean age = 32.88; 89.4% male; 79.8% non-Hispanic/Latino). Rates of clinically si ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · October 2019
There are multiple well-established evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, recent clinical trials have shown that combat-related PTSD in military populations is less responsive to evidence-based treatments than PTSD in ...
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Journal articleSoc Cogn Affect Neurosci · September 30, 2019
Resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) is an emerging means of understanding the neurobiology of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, most rsFC studies to date have limited focus to cognitively related intrinsic connectivity ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials Commun · September 2019
Combat-related trauma exposures have been associated with increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and comorbid mental health conditions. Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a 12-session manualized cognitive-behavioral therapy that has eme ...
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Journal articleJ Affect Disord · September 1, 2019
BACKGROUND: Among active duty service members and veterans with PTSD, depression is the most commonly diagnosed comorbid psychiatric condition. More research is warranted to investigate the relationship between PTSD and depression to improve treatment appr ...
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Journal articleProfessional Psychology Research and Practice · August 1, 2019
Many practitioners have doubts or concerns about evidence-based treatments. The objective of this study was to evaluate such doubts and concerns, or therapist stuck points, during training in cognitive processing therapy (CPT). Data were collected from 57 ...
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Journal articleBehav Res Ther · July 2019
Dropout from first-line posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatments is a significant problem. We reported rates and predictors of attendance and dropout in three clinical trials of evidence-based PTSD treatments in military service members (N = 557). S ...
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Journal articleMil Med · May 1, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Driven by the need to share data, sufficiently power studies, and allow for cross-study comparisons of medical and psychiatric diseases, the President's National Research Action Plan issued in 2013 called for the use of state-of-the-art commo ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · April 2019
Military-affiliated individuals (i.e., active duty personnel and veterans) exhibit high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although existing evidence-based treatments for PTSD, such as cognitive processing therapy (CPT), have demonstrated effec ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · April 2019
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder are frequently comorbid and present significant treatment challenges. Unfortunately, since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, the rates of PTSD and hazardous drinkin ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · February 2019
OBJECTIVE: Although there are several evidence-based treatments that are effective in mitigating the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), rates of nonresponse to treatment as well as treatment dropout remain high. In order to determine which s ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · January 2019
Although effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder exist, their use in community settings is disappointingly low. Training alone does not necessarily lead to adoption. To address this problem, we trained community clinicians in cognitive proce ...
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Journal articleJ Addict Med · 2019
OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and smoking are often comorbid. Combining PTSD and smoking cessation treatments could increase access to each treatment and could provide improved rates of smoking cessation through reductions in P ...
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Journal articleChronic Stress (Thousand Oaks) · 2019
BACKGROUND: Better understanding of the neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be critical to developing novel, effective therapeutics. Here, we conducted a data-driven investigation using a well-established, graph-based topological measu ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · December 2018
The Peritraumatic Emotions Questionnaire (Peri-TEQ) and Posttraumatic Emotions Questionnaire (Post-TEQ) are self-report measures of emotions experienced during and after a traumatic event, respectively. The factor structure and psychometric properties of t ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials · October 2018
Approximately 14% of military personnel and veterans who have deployed to the combat theater are at risk for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The treatment of combat-related PTSD in active duty service members and veterans is challengin ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · October 2018
BACKGROUND: Written exposure therapy (WET) is a 5-session PTSD treatment that may address barriers in treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) given its brevity and tolerability. A recent study found outcomes for WET were non-inferior to outcomes ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · September 2018
We evaluated the impact of homework completion on change in PTSD symptoms in the context of two randomized controlled trials of Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD (CPT). Female participants (n = 140) diagnosed with PTSD attended at least one CPT session ...
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Journal articlePsychoneuroendocrinology · July 2018
There is a need to identify new and more effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Allopregnanolone and its stereoisomer pregnanolone (together termed ALLO) are metabolites of progesterone that positively and allosterically modulate GA ...
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Journal articleBr J Clin Psychol · June 2018
OBJECTIVES: Veterans and military service members have increased risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and consequent problems with health, psychosocial functioning, and quality of life. In this population and others, shame and guilt have emerged ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · April 2018
BACKGROUND: Dropout rates for effective therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be high, especially in practice settings. Although clinicians have intuitions regarding what treatment patients may complete, there are few systematic data to dr ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · April 2018
We examined the frequency of trauma types reported in a cohort of service members seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and compared symptom profiles between types. In this observational study, 999 service members (9.2% women; Mage = 3 ...
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Journal articleJAMA Psychiatry · March 1, 2018
IMPORTANCE: Written exposure therapy (WET), a 5-session intervention, has been shown to efficaciously treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, this treatment has not yet been directly compared with a first-line PTSD treatment such as cognitive ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · December 2017
Although the assessment of therapeutic competence in psychotherapy research is essential for examining its possible associations with treatment outcomes, it is often neglected due to high costs and a lack of valid instruments. This study aimed to develop t ...
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Journal articleBehav Cogn Psychother · November 2017
BACKGROUND: The assessment of therapeutic adherence is essential for accurately interpreting treatment outcomes in psychotherapy research. However, such assessments are often neglected. AIMS: To fill this gap, we aimed to develop and test a scale that asse ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · November 2017
OBJECTIVES: This study examined (a) relationships between trauma-related cognitions and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms from pretreatment through a long-term period after cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for PTSD and (b) whether these relat ...
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Journal articleCognitive and Behavioral Practice · November 1, 2017
We respond to the commentary by Gray, Nash, and Litz (this issue) regarding the use of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) to address moral injury as described in our previous publication (Wachen et al., 2016). In their commentary, Gray et al. posit that CP ...
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Journal articleFocus (Am Psychiatr Publ) · October 2017
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Journal articleBMJ Open · June 30, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is widely regarded as a safe and effective first-line treatment for individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, no comparative studies have been conducted to examine the treatment outcom ...
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Journal articleCurr Opin Psychol · April 2017
Cognitive content and processes are central to theories of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this paper, we highlight recent findings on cognitive factors in PTSD. Evidence for the role of negative post-traumatic cognitions in PTSD has continued to ...
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Journal articleJ Anxiety Disord · April 2017
Few studies have examined symptom change among dropouts from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment. However, dropout is widely considered a negative event needing to be addressed. The present study investigated PTSD and depression symptom change i ...
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Journal articleJ Nerv Ment Dis · April 2017
Seventy-three women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from rape or physical assault participated in a loud-tone procedure, while skin conductance (SC), heart rate, and electromyogram responses were recorded. Pearson correlations were exam ...
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Journal articleViolence Vict · April 1, 2017
This study examined individual behavioral predictors of help-seeking using the frameworks of the Andersen model and the theory of planned behavior in a sample of help-seeking female survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). In-person interviews were co ...
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Journal articleJ Clin Psychol · March 2017
OBJECTIVE: As part of a larger implementation trial for cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a community health center, we used formative evaluation to assess relations between iterative cultural adaption (for Span ...
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Journal articleJAMA Psychiatry · January 1, 2017
IMPORTANCE: Cognitive processing therapy (CPT), an evidence-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), has not been tested as an individual treatment among active-duty military. Group CPT may be an efficient way to deliver treatment. OBJECTI ...
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Journal articleFront Psychiatry · 2017
This study evaluated how change in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms was associated with residualized change in comorbid personality disorder (PD) features and vice versa over the course of 5-10 years. The sample was comprised of 79 female rape ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · December 2016
OBJECTIVE: First-line treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are often implemented twice per week in efficacy trials. However, there is considerable variability in the frequency of treatment sessions (e.g., once per week or twice per week) in ...
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Journal articlePsychol Assess · November 2016
The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5; Weathers et al., 2013) was recently revised to reflect the changed diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diso ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · November 2016
OBJECTIVE: Sleep disturbances, including nightmares and insomnia, are frequently reported symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Insomnia is one of the most common symptoms to persist after evidence-based PTSD treatment. The purpose of this stud ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · September 2016
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relative contributions of depression and dissociation, as well as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to physical health symptoms and to examine the relationships among somatic symptoms, PTSD, depression, and dissociation in ...
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Journal articlePsychophysiology · September 2016
Prepulse inhibition (PPI) is an automatic and preattentive process, whereby a weak stimulus attenuates responding to a sudden and intense startle stimulus. PPI is a measure of sensorimotor filtering, which is conceptualized as a mechanism that facilitates ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · June 2016
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether group cognitive processing therapy-cognitive only version (CPT-C) is associated with iatrogenic suicide risk in a sample of active duty US Army personnel diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Possible iatrogen ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · May 2016
Although many women are affected by intimate partner violence (IPV) across the life span, rates of help seeking for IPV-related concerns are low. The current project examined predictors of personal and professional resource use in a sample of female IPV su ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · May 2016
According to current treatment guidelines for Complex PTSD (cPTSD), psychotherapy for adults with cPTSD should start with a "stabilization phase." This phase, focusing on teaching self-regulation strategies, was designed to ensure that an individual would ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials · May 2016
Prior studies have identified several psychosocial treatment approaches as effective for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Unfortunately, a substantial minority of individuals who receive these treatments drop out prematurely. Moreover, a considerable ...
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Journal articleJ Abnorm Psychol · April 2016
The propensity to acquire and retain conditioned fear responses may contribute to the risk of developing and maintaining posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a traumatic event. There is growing evidence that the gonadal hormones estrogen and prog ...
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Journal articleBehav Res Ther · April 2016
The current study investigated changes in service members' cognitions over the course of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Sixty-three active duty service members with PTSD were drawn from 2 randomized controlled ...
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Journal articlePraxis (Bern 1994) · March 30, 2016
A number of evidence-based psychotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are available. They differ in various ways, however, they also have a number of commonalities. Given this situation, clinicians may wonder whi ...
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Journal articleSoc Cogn Affect Neurosci · February 2016
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is presumably the result of life threats and conditioned fear. However, the neurobiology of fear fails to explain the impact of traumas that do not entail threats. Neuronal function, assessed as glucose metabolism with ...
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Journal articleBehav Res Ther · February 2016
Trauma-focused treatments are underutilized, partially due to clinician concerns that they will cause symptom exacerbation or dropout. We examined a sample of women undergoing Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and a version of CP ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · January 2016
A substantial minority of people drop out of cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBTs) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There has been considerable research investigating who drops out of PTSD treatment; however, the question of when dropout occurs ha ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Dissociation · 2016
Previous research suggests that studying the effect of dissociation is particularly important in survivors of intimate partner violence because of the risk of revictimization. The current study investigated demographic variables, child and current abuse ch ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · January 2016
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and smoking are often comorbid, and both problems are in need of improved access to evidence-based treatment. The combined approach could address two high-priority problems and increase patient access to both treatments ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · December 2015
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether group therapy improves symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this randomized clinical trial compared efficacy of group cognitive processing therapy (cognitive only version; CPT-C) with group present-centered ther ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · November 2015
BACKGROUND: This study examined the effectiveness of telemedicine to provide psychotherapy to women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who might be unable to access treatment. Objectives were to compare clinical and process outcomes of PTSD treatmen ...
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Journal articleAm J Epidemiol · September 1, 2015
Longitudinal outcomes following stress or trauma diagnoses are receiving attention, yet population-based studies are few. The aims of the present cohort study were to examine the cumulative incidence of traumatic events and psychiatric diagnoses following ...
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Journal articlePsychol Serv · August 2015
Little is known about client attitudes, especially veterans', toward the types of structured interventions that are increasingly being offered in public sector and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs mental health clinics, nor is the possible impact these ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials · March 2015
CERV-PTSD is a randomized controlled trial of two of the most effective treatments for PTSD, Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Despite solid evidence that both treatments are effective, there is limited evidence about their ef ...
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Journal articleBehav Res Ther · March 2015
This study examined whether cognitive distortions (i.e., assimilated and overaccommodated thoughts) and realistic (i.e., accommodated) thoughts assessed from impact statements written 5-10 years after completing cognitive processing therapy (CPT) accuratel ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · February 2015
The 4-item Hurt/Insult/Threaten/Scream (HITS) tool accurately detects past-year intimate partner violence (IPV) among female Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients; however, it lacks a sexual IPV item. This study evaluated the accuracy of an extende ...
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Journal articleClin Epidemiol · 2015
AIMS: To assess the validity of reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorder diagnoses registered in the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register (DPCRR), to examine the documentation of stressful and traumatic events in the medical records, and t ...
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Journal articleEur J Psychotraumatol · 2015
Over the past three decades, research and clinical practice related to the field of traumatic stress have developed tremendously. In parallel with the steady accumulation of basic knowledge, therapeutic approaches have been developed to treat people suffer ...
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Journal articleCognitive and Behavioral Practice · December 31, 2014
Numerous studies and reports document the prevalence of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military personnel returning from deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense recommend cog ...
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Journal articlePsychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy · November 1, 2014
This study examined the types, frequency, and location of acute and residual injuries (violence-related marks or scars) of 345 victims of moderate-severe intimate partner violence (IPV). Acute facial injuries were common with facial bruising reported by 83 ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · October 2014
Data mining of treatment study results can reveal unforeseen but critical insights, such as who receives the most benefit from treatment and under what circumstances. The usefulness and legitimacy of exploratory data analysis have received relatively littl ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · October 2014
This study examined the effect of child sexual or physical abuse on brief cognitive-behavioral therapy treatments with adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We analyzed secondary data from two randomized controlled trials (Resick, Nishith, Weav ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · October 2014
This study conducted secondary analyses of a published trial and sought to determine if different domains of psychosocial functioning (e.g., daily living, work, nonfamily relationships) improved following trauma-focused treatment for posttraumatic stress d ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · June 2014
We created a registry of Danish-born citizens of Denmark with incident International Classification of Diseases (10th ed.; ICD-10) severe stress and adjustment disorder diagnoses between 1995 and 2011. A unique personal identifier was used to retrieve and ...
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Journal articleJ Behav Med · June 2014
This study examined the relationship between change in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms over the course of PTSD treatment and the association with changes in general physical health symptoms. Both positive health habits (e.g., exercise) and ne ...
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Journal articleClin Child Fam Psychol Rev · June 2014
Although childhood sexual abuse and childhood physical abuse (CSA and CPA) have severe psychopathological consequences, there is little evidence supporting psychotherapeutic interventions for adolescents who have experienced CSA or CPA. To provide a treatm ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · May 2014
BACKGROUND: Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy is an efficacious treatment for PTSD; despite this, many clinicians do not utilize it due to concerns it could cause patient decompensation. METHOD: Data were pooled from four published well-controlled studies of ...
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Journal articleJ Clin Psychiatry · May 2014
OBJECTIVE: To compare clinical and process outcomes of cognitive processing therapy-cognitive only version (CPT-C) delivered via videoteleconferencing (VTC) to in-person in a rural, ethnically diverse sample of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder ( ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · January 2014
This study examined the clinical course of different dimensions of anger and their relationship to change in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of 139 female survivors of interpersonal violence suffering from PTSD. Specifically, this study ev ...
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Journal articleBehav Res Ther · December 2013
Sleep disturbance is a core component in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although cognitive-behavioral treatments for PTSD reduce the severity of sleep symptoms, they do not lead to complete remission. The present study examines the impact of Cogniti ...
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Journal articleJ Gen Intern Med · October 2013
OBJECTIVES: Female Veterans are at high risk for physical, sexual, and psychological forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. This study evaluated the accuracy of a brief IPV victimization screening tool for use with female Veterans Health A ...
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Journal articleSuicide Life Threat Behav · October 2013
There is a growing concern about suicide among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans. We examined the role of postdeployment mental health in associations between deployment stressors and postdeployment suicidal ideati ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · October 2013
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a significant public health problem. Although various studies have found evidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a risk factor for suicidal behaviors, no study has examined whether or not PTSD treatment decreases suicidal ...
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Journal articleJ Anxiety Disord · October 2013
Anxiety sensitivity (AS) has been conceptualized as trait-like vulnerability and maintenance factor for PTSD. Although recent literature has demonstrated its malleability during treatment, few have examined its influence on and effect from PTSD treatment. ...
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Journal articleJ Gen Intern Med · July 2013
BACKGROUND: The changing scope of women's roles in combat operations has led to growing interest in women's deployment experiences and post-deployment adjustment. OBJECTIVES: To quantify the gender-specific frequency of deployment stressors, including sexu ...
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Journal articlePsychol Serv · May 2013
What factors predict whether Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans who need mental health care receive that care? The present research examined factors associated with a need for care, sociodemographic characteristics, d ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · April 2013
Establishing whether men and women tend to express different symptoms of posttraumatic stress in reaction to trauma is important for both etiological research and the design of assessment instruments. Use of item response theory (IRT) can reveal how sympto ...
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Journal articleJournal of Family Violence · April 1, 2013
In this brief report, we present information on the Strength at Home intervention to treat male active duty or military veteran perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) as well as preliminary pilot study findings. Strength at Home is a 12-session co ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · March 1, 2013
The relationship between partner violence and physical health symptoms is well-established. Although some researchers have theorized that the physical health effects of partner violence may be worse for ethnic minority women, there is little research addre ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · February 2013
Psychological distress and coping strategies following intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization may impact survivors' risk for future IPV. The current study prospectively examined the impact of distinct posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom clu ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · December 2012
This paper, a follow-up from a 2009 panel discussion at ABCT's Annual Convention, focuses on the choices that women make (or don't make) that can affect their careers. Women are particularly prone to feeling guilty about their choices, and while a few deca ...
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Journal articleCognit Ther Res · December 2012
The present study examined two potential mechanisms of change, hopelessness cognitions and habituation, in a randomized controlled trial of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) and prolonged exposure therapy (PE) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Par ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · December 2012
OBJECTIVE: Trauma-focused psychotherapies reduce both posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and co-occurring depression. However, little is known about the relationship between changes in PTSD and depression during treatment. This study examined the associa ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · December 2012
Research on the predictors of response to cognitive-behavioral treatments for PTSD has often produced inconsistent or ambiguous results. We argue this is in part due to the use of statistical techniques that explore relationships among the entire sample of ...
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Journal articleBehav Modif · November 2012
A common assumption among clinicians and researchers is that war trauma primarily involves fear-based reactions to life-threatening situations. However, the authors believe that there are multiple types of trauma in the military context, each with unique p ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · October 2012
Eating disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are debilitating conditions that frequently co-occur. Although the two disorders have different clinical presentations, they share associated features, including cognitive disturbances, emotion dysr ...
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Journal articleAssessment · September 2012
The posttraumatic maladaptive beliefs scale (PMBS) was developed to measure maladaptive beliefs about current life circumstances that may occur following trauma exposure. This scale assesses maladaptive beliefs within three domains: (a) threat of harm, (b) ...
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Journal articleJAMA · August 15, 2012
CONTEXT: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent condition associated with intimate relationship problems, and intimate relationship factors have been shown to affect individual PTSD treatment outcomes. OBJECTIVE: To compare cognitive-behaviora ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · August 2012
BACKGROUND: This secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) and its constituent components investigated whether dissociation decreased over the course of treatment primarily targeting symptoms of pos ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · August 2012
BACKGROUND: The nature of the relationship between dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has clinical and nosological importance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the evidence for a dissociative subtype of PTSD in two independent sampl ...
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Journal articleJournal of Traumatic Stress · June 1, 2012
The 4 comments on the review by Resick et al. (2012) of the complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) literature highlight important theoretical and conceptual questions about the nature and utility of CPTSD and echo the very questions that motivated t ...
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Journal articleSleep Med · June 2012
OBJECTIVE: The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is a widely used measure of subjective sleep disturbance in clinical populations, including individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although the severity of sleep disturbance is generally ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · June 2012
Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) has been proposed as a diagnosis for capturing the diverse clusters of symptoms observed in survivors of prolonged trauma that are outside the current definition of PTSD. Introducing a new diagnosis requires a ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · April 2012
OBJECTIVE: We conducted a long-term follow-up (LTFU) assessment of participants from a randomized controlled trial comparing cognitive processing therapy (CPT) with prolonged exposure (PE) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Competing hypotheses for ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · February 2012
This study examined responses to loud tones before and after cognitive-behavioral treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Seventy-four women in a PTSD treatment outcome study for rape-related (n = 54) or physical assault-related PTSD (n = 20) w ...
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Journal articleJ Rehabil Res Dev · 2012
Clinical practice guidelines suggest that cognitive behavioral therapies are recommended for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One of these treatments, cognitive processing therapy (CPT), is an evidence-based treatment that has been sh ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · September 2011
This is a review of the relevant empirical literature concerning the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for PTSD. Most of this work has focused on Criteria A1 and A2, the two components of the A (Stressor) Criterion. With regard to A1, the review considers: (a) ...
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Journal articleDepress Anxiety · September 2011
This review examines the question of whether there should be a cluster of disorders, including the adjustment disorders (ADs), acute stress disorder (ASD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the dissociative disorders (DDs), in a section devoted to ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · August 2011
The authors report clinical findings from the pilot cohort of the first prospective, noninferiority-designed randomized clinical trial evaluating the clinical outcomes of delivering a cognitive-behavioral group intervention for posttraumatic stress disorde ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · June 2011
Intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure was examined as a predictor of treatment engagement (i.e., starting and completing therapy) and treatment outcome in 150 women taking part in a dismantling study of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for posttraumat ...
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Journal articlePsychol Trauma · June 1, 2011
This study examined whether the level of victim-offender relationship (VOR) moderated the relationship between peritraumatic fear and active resistance as well as the relationship between peritraumatic fear and posttraumatic stress symptom severity in a co ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · June 2011
Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been shown to reduce symptoms of PTSD in a veteran population. This study explored patterns of self-reported symptom change during CPT. Veterans (N = 60) with PTSD were randomi ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · April 2011
OBJECTIVE: Women who develop symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression subsequent to interpersonal trauma are at heightened risk for future intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective ...
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Journal articleJ Interpers Violence · March 2011
This study compares a sample of PTSD-positive, female survivors of interpersonal assault (n = 162) to a sample of similarly traumatized male counterparts (n = 45) on a number of variables, including PTSD-symptom severity, depressive symptoms, anger, guilt, ...
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Journal articleJ Abnorm Psychol · February 2011
In the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event, many individuals experience physiological reactivity in response to reminders of the traumatic event that typically lessens over time. However, an overreliance on avoidant coping strategies may interfere wit ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · January 10, 2011
Seven couples participated in an uncontrolled trial of cognitive-behavioral conjoint therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Among the 6 couples who completed treatment, 5 of the patients no longer met criteria for PTSD and there were across-trea ...
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Journal articleViolence Vict · 2011
This study examined the relative contributions of the three forms of childhood family violence exposure on physical intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization among recent robbery victims and tested a gender-matching modeling prediction for IPV risk. Da ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · December 2010
Unlike the post-Vietnam era, effective, specialized treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) now exist, although these treatments have not been widely available in clinical settings. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is nationally dis ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · December 2010
Studies have assessed relationships between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and physiological reactivity concurrently; fewer have assessed these relationships longitudinally. This study tests concurrent and prospective relationships between p ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · August 2010
OBJECTIVE: The present study investigated the influence of race on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment among 94 African American and 214 Caucasian female victims of interpersonal violence participating in 2 studies of cognitive-behavioral treatm ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · August 2010
This study examined associations among disaster characteristics, relationship adjustment, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology 9 months postdisaster in 205 women exposed to extensive flooding. Bivariately, threat/harm and loss exposure d ...
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Journal articleJ Interpers Violence · January 2010
A dose-response model underlies posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posits a relationship between event magnitude and clinical outcome. The present study examines whether one index of event magnitude--duration of exposure--contributes to risk of PTSD ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · December 2009
Multilevel modeling is a powerful and flexible framework for analyzing nested data structures (e.g., repeated measures or longitudinal designs). The authors illustrate a series of multilevel regression procedures that can be used to elucidate the nature of ...
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Journal articleJ Womens Health (Larchmt) · October 2009
BACKGROUND: This study examined dysfunctional sexual behavior and sexual concerns in women treated for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There were three objectives: to characterize the relationship between symptoms of PTSD and sexual outcomes, to exam ...
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Journal articleBehav Res Ther · September 2009
This study examined cognitive and affective predictors of treatment dropout and treatment efficacy in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE) for PTSD. Study participants were women with PTSD from a sexual assault who received at lea ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · August 2009
This study examined 58 heterosexual couples' interacting assumptions about the world and relationship adjustment in predicting wives' posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after severe flooding. Both partners completed the World Assumptions Scale ( ...
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Journal articleJ Fam Violence · August 1, 2009
This study examined factors associated with PTSD-depression comorbidity among a sample of 162 adult female rape or assault victims with PTSD, as well as potential differential predictors of PTSD and depression severity. PTSD-only participants reported high ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · August 2009
Participants' reactions to pretreatment assessments have not been studied as part of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The current study examined participants' reactions in women with PTSD who completed pretreatmen ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · August 2009
This study investigated sudden gains, i.e., rapid and stable improvements, in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms that may occur in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Twenty-nine of 72 participants (39.2%) experienced a sudden gain during treatment. M ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · June 2009
This study compared the cognitions of 37 female rape survivors before and after completing cognitive processing therapy (CPT). It was hypothesized that CPT would be associated with reductions in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and problematic ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · June 2009
There is a paucity of empirical study about the effects of evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on concurrent health concerns including sleep impairment. This study compares the differential effects of cognitive processing ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · February 2009
Sex differences and pretrauma functioning have been understudied in examinations of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PSS) and health. This study examined relationships between sexual harassment and assault in the military (MST), PSS, and perceived physical h ...
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Journal articleJ Fam Violence · January 1, 2009
This study tested a model examining the interrelationships among posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, intimate relationship adjustment, and intimate relationship aggression in a sample of 205 adult female flood victims. At the bivariate level, hi ...
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Journal articleJ Anxiety Disord · October 2008
Empirical research increasingly suggests that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is comprised of four factors: re-experiencing, avoidance, numbing, and hyperarousal. Nonetheless, there remains some inconsistency in the findings of factor analyses that f ...
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Journal articleViolence Against Women · October 2008
Physical injuries among battered women represent risks for both acute and long-term physical health functioning. The current study assessed the nature and extent of minor and severe injuries among a help-seeking sample of battered women. Hierarchical regre ...
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Journal articleCognitive and Behavioral Practice · August 1, 2008
Motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) are fairly common occurrences in all developed countries. Although only a small percentage of total MVAs result in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the high base rate in the population has resulted in the estimation that ...
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Journal articleJ Interpers Violence · June 2008
This study examines peritraumatic (and posttrauma) responses in a sample of female crime victims who had been sexually or physically assaulted within the previous 2 months. Women were interviewed about their emotional and behavioral responses during the tr ...
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Journal articleViolence Against Women · June 2008
Battered women are exposed to multiple forms of intimate partner abuse. This article explores the independent contributions of physical violence, sexual coercion, psychological abuse, and stalking on symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dep ...
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Journal articleJ Behav Med · April 2008
PTSD is a risk factor for alcohol problems and both in turn have been independently associated with increased health problems. However, it is unclear whether alcohol use moderates the relationship between PTSD and health. Participants were battered women ( ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · April 2008
The purpose of this experiment was to conduct a dismantling study of cognitive processing therapy in which the full protocol was compared with its constituent components--cognitive therapy only (CPT-C) and written accounts (WA)--for the treatment of posttr ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · March 2008
Many studies report that comorbid borderline personality pathology is associated with poorer outcomes in the treatment of Axis I disorders. Given the high rates of comorbidity between borderline personality pathology and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD ...
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Journal articlePers Soc Psychol Bull · January 2008
Although many studies have examined hardiness as a protective factor against stress reactions, to the authors' knowledge no studies have yet examined the impact of stress reactions on hardiness. However, there is theoretical support for this notion. In thi ...
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Journal articleJ Fam Psychol · September 2007
This study examined associations between intimate partner aggression and physical health symptoms among a sample of help-seeking women experiencing relationship aggression (N = 388). Using a structural equation modeling framework, the authors found posttra ...
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Journal articlePsychiatr Q · June 2007
The importance of measuring growth outcomes following a traumatic event has been highlighted in recent literature (e.g., Linley, Joseph: Journal of Traumatic Stress 17:11-21, 2004). Although reports of growth are abundant, the relationship between growth o ...
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Journal articleAddict Behav · June 2007
Alcohol use is frequently associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), especially in the face of chronic traumatic experiences. However, the relationship between alcohol use and symptoms associated with chronic trauma exposure has not been evaluat ...
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Journal articleAggression and Violent Behavior · May 1, 2007
The current paper represents a comprehensive review of marital rape, including its legal history and numerous aspects of its perpetration and victimization. Specifically, this review focuses on theories and forms of marital rape, the scope of the problem, ...
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Journal articleBehav Ther · March 2007
This study replicated and extended findings of internalizing and externalizing subtypes of posttraumatic psychopathology (Miller, M. W., Greif, J. L., & Smith, A. A. (2003). Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire profiles of veterans with traumatic com ...
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Journal articleJAMA · February 28, 2007
CONTEXT: The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is elevated among women who have served in the military, but no prior study has evaluated treatment for PTSD in this population. Prior research suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy is a ...
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Journal articleViolence Vict · 2007
This longitudinal study examined the associations between relationship abuse, coping variables, and mental health outcomes among a sample of battered women obtained from shelter and nonresidential community agencies (N = 61). Sexual aggression was a strong ...
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Journal articleViolence Vict · 2007
This study examined several potential correlates of engagement and disengagement coping, including abuse-related factors, socioeconomic and social coping resources, and childhood trauma variables among a sample of battered women (N = 388). Relationship abu ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · December 2006
This study examined the relationship between changes in coping and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology among recent female rape and physical assault victims as a function of assault type and perpetrator status. Participants were assessed wi ...
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Journal articleCognitive and Behavioral Practice · November 1, 2006
Recent findings suggest that established psychological treatments for PTSD are effective for diverse populations, including war refugees who have experienced multiple and severe losses, deprivations, hardships, and atrocities. Treating non-English-speaking ...
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Journal articleCognitive and Behavioral Practice · November 1, 2006
Opinions vary on the generalizability of empirically supported treatments to diverse populations in naturalistic settings and on the relative merits of delivering treatments through interpreters. The authors present statistical analyses of outcome data fro ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · October 2006
Sixty veterans (54 men, 6 women) with chronic military-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) participated in a wait-list controlled trial of cognitive processing therapy (CPT). The overall dropout rate was 16.6% (20% from CPT, 13% from waiting list) ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · June 2006
Comorbidity between alcohol use and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been well documented. However, there are few longitudinal studies with acute trauma samples. The present study examined symptoms of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and PTSD longitudi ...
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Journal articleBehavior Therapy · December 1, 2005
Childhood maltreatment has been linked to adult depressive disorders. However, few studies have examined mechanisms through which childhood maltreatment may contribute to adult depression. Thus, we examined the role of one potential mechanism of this relat ...
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Journal articleContemp Clin Trials · December 2005
This article describes issues in the design of an ongoing multisite randomized clinical trial of psychotherapy for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in female veterans and active duty personnel. Research aimed at testing treatments for PTSD in ...
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Journal articleViolence Against Women · December 2005
Peritraumatic responses, aside from dissociation, have been understudied in acute trauma populations. Participants were 172 female rape, 68 assault, and 80 robbery victims recruited through formal reporting agencies and assessed 1 month after the crime. De ...
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Journal articleJ Affect Disord · June 2005
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Although Resick et al. [Resick, P.A., Nishith, P., Weaver, T.L., Astin, M.C., Feuer, C.A., 2002. A comparison of cognitive-processing therapy with prolonged exposure and a waiting condition for the treatment of chronic posttraumatic ...
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Journal articleAm J Psychiatry · June 2005
OBJECTIVE: The authors compared responses of female domestic violence survivors and a matched group of nontraumatized participants to a low-dose (0.5 mg) dexamethasone suppression test (DST). METHOD: Seventy female domestic violence survivors and 14 nontra ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · April 2005
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships among numbing, arousal, intrusion, and avoidance in a sample of 272 female rape survivors. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to test a theoretical model, which posits that hype ...
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Journal articleCogn Behav Ther · 2005
Post-traumatic stress disorder often co-occurs with depression, and they may share common risk factors. One possible common cognitive risk factor is hopelessness. Thus, we examined whether hopelessness was related to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disor ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · December 2004
The posttraumatic diagnostic scale (PDS) is a self-report instrument for PTSD that is simple to administer and has demonstrated good psychometric properties. We compared the PDS with the gold standard clinician administered PTSD scale (CAPS) diagnostic int ...
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Journal articleJ Affect Disord · October 15, 2004
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Factors contributing to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and comorbid major depression (MDD) were investigated among female victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). RESULTS: High levels of PTSD (75% of the sample) and MDD (54 ...
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Journal articleJournal of Family Violence · October 1, 2004
This paper examines the current literature regarding coping among battered women. It considers a number of contextual factors that are related to women's choices in coping with partner abuse, including factors related to the relationship (e.g., frequency a ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · February 2004
The accumulative effect of prior high-magnitude trauma exposure on memory was examined in 73 rape victims, 92% of whom had current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Participants were administered the Logical Memory component of the Wechsler Memory Scal ...
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Journal articleJ Anxiety Disord · 2004
Two studies examined the contributing factors for panic symptoms following trauma. In Study 1, survivors of sexual and nonsexual assaults (N=105) were assessed at 2 weeks postcrime. Prior trauma, psychiatric history, crime characteristics, and peritraumati ...
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Journal articleClinical Psychology Science and Practice · December 1, 2003
In this commentary on "Post Hoc Reasoning in Possible Cases of Child Sexual Abuse: Symptoms of Inconclusive Origins" (Sbraga & O'Donohue, 2003; this issue) I do not disagree with the authors' ultimate objection with the possible practice of presuming abuse ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · October 2003
This study reflects an attempt to assess posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a radically nonwestern culture, that of the Kalahari Bushmen, the Ju/'hoansi. After translating DSM-IV PTSD symptoms into their difficult and click-laden language, potential p ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · August 2003
Information processing theorists propose that traumatic events can lead to disruptions in the processing of information and to changes in beliefs. This study examined the relationships among trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and religious belie ...
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Journal articleTrauma Violence Abuse · July 2003
In this article on the effects of chronic traumatization, research is reviewed regarding the association between chronicity of traumatization and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. The contribution of the broader traumatic context to PTSD ...
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Journal articleTrauma Violence Abuse · July 2003
Despite the increased recognition that the topic of marital rape has generated in the past 2 decades, the literature in this area remains sparse. This article provides a comprehensive review of the current state of the marital rape literature. First, the l ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · June 2003
Few studies have examined the impact of trauma research participation upon trauma survivors. Empirical data regarding reactions to research participation would be very useful to address the question of whether it is harmful for trauma survivors to particip ...
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Journal articleCNS Spectr · May 2003
Are brief cognitive-behavioral treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also effective for the wider range of symptoms conceptualized as complex PTSD? Female rape victims, most of whom had extensive histories of trauma, were randomly assigned to ...
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Journal articleViolence Vict · February 2003
This study examined the relative effects of intimate partner physical and sexual violence on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. Severity of physical and sexual violence as well as PTSD severity were assessed in a sample of 62 help-seekin ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · August 2002
Curve estimation techniques were used to identify the pattern of therapeutic change in female rape victims with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Within-session data on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale were obtained, in alternate therapy ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · August 2002
The purpose of this study was to compare cognitive-processing therapy (CPT) with prolonged exposure and a minimal attention condition (MA) for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. One hundred seventy-one female rape victims ...
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Journal articleClin Psychol Rev · February 2002
Across multiple disciplines of psychology, one commonly used heuristic device, the schema, has often been called upon to illustrate the integration of an event. This paper is a critical examination of the literature on schemas and traumatic events. Three p ...
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Journal articleCognitive and Behavioral Practice · January 1, 2002
The present case study describes the successful treatment of a woman with a history of sexual, physical, and psychological abuse in childhood and multiple rapes in adulthood, utilizing a relatively brief cognitive-behavioral treatment, Cognitive Processing ...
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Journal articleJ Nerv Ment Dis · September 2001
The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between trauma-related sleep disturbance and physical health symptoms in treatment-seeking female rape victims. A total of 167 participants were assessed for PTSD symptoms, depression, sleep disturban ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · July 2001
The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between sleep difficulties and drinking motives in female rape victims with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Seventy-four participants were assessed for PTSD symptoms, depression, sleep difficul ...
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Journal articleJournal of Cognitive Psychotherapy an International Quarterly · January 1, 2001
Cognitive therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder is in the early stages of development and study. This article will examine seven controlled studies that included at least a component of cognitive therapy. Two studies specifically focused on early inter ...
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Journal articleJ Abnorm Psychol · February 2000
The purpose of the current study was to disentangle the relationship of childhood sexual abuse and childhood physical abuse from prior adult sexual and physical victimization in predicting current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in recent rap ...
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Journal articleViolence Vict · 2000
Stalking has been relatively understudied compared to other dimensions of intimate partner violence. The purpose of this article was to examine concurrent and subsequent intimate partner abuse, strategic responses and symptomatic consequences of severe sta ...
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Journal articleViolence Vict · 2000
The aims of this study were to provide descriptive data on stalking in a sample of acutely battered women and to assess the interrelationship between constructs of emotional abuse, physical violence, and stalking in battered women. We recruited a sample of ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · December 1998
This study assessed memories for sexual trauma in a nontreatment-seeking sample of recent rape victims and considered competing explanations for failed recall. Participants were 92 female rape victims assessed within 2 weeks of the rape; 62 were also asses ...
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Journal articleCogn Behav Pract · 1998
Previous research has shown that psychological treatments, particularly those employing cognitive techniques, are particularly effective in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It is presumed that these psychological interventions are effective ...
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Journal articleAm J Psychiatry · August 1997
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to investigate psychophysiological changes associated with peritraumatic dissociation in female victims of recent rape and to assess the relation between these changes and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PT ...
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Journal articleJ Trauma Stress · January 1997
Data regarding the development of a structured interview measuring alterations that may accompany extreme stress are presented. A list of 27 criteria often seen in response to extreme trauma and not addressed by DSM-IV criteria for posttraumatic stress dis ...
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Journal articleCognitive and Behavior Practice · January 1, 1997
With the advent of managed care, there is an increasing need for short-term, empirically based treatments. This article presents a cognitive behavioral therapy protocol for the treatment of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Cognitive Processing Th ...
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Journal articleJournal of Applied Social Psychology · January 1, 1995
The major purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between causal attributions and symptomatology in victims of crime. Fifty‐one subjects who had not been crime victims and 120 subjects who had been crime victims participated in the study and ...
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Journal articleJournal of Interpersonal Violence · January 1, 1993
The purpose of the present article is to review the literature on the psychological impact of rape on adult female victims. Typical patterns of recovery, types of symptoms, and variables affecting recovery are all reviewed. Among the problems discussed are ...
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Journal articleJ Consult Clin Psychol · October 1992
Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) was developed to treat the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in rape victims. CPT is based on an information processing theory of PTSD and includes education, exposure, and cognitive components. Nineteen se ...
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Journal articleJournal of Interpersonal Violence · January 1, 1990
This article reviews the prevalent theories and treatments regarding symptoms which may follow in the wake of sexual assault. Crisis theory and intervention are addressed first, followed by a description and discussion of cognitive and behavioral treatment ...
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Journal articleJournal of Interpersonal Violence · January 1, 1988
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of prior victimization on long-term functioning of rape victims. Subjects were 52 rape victims who had been assaulted from 3 months to 34 years previously. All participants were given a structured ...
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Journal articleBehavior Therapy · January 1, 1988
Thirty-seven rape victims completed a study comparing three types of group therapy: stress inoculation, assertion training, and supportive psychotherapy plus information. Thirteen participants comprised a naturally occurring waiting-list control group. The ...
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Journal articleCrime Delinquency · January 1, 1987
The purposes of this article are to review research on psychological reactions to criminal victimization, to consider how victims might be affected by participation in the criminal justice system, and to offer some recommendations for the treatment of vict ...
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Journal articleViolence Vict · 1987
The purpose of the study presented here was to investigate the relationship among sex-role stereotyping, empathy with the victim, and subsequent blaming of the victim in response to a date-rape scenario. It was hypothesized that sex-typed (traditional) fem ...
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Journal articleBehavioral Assessment · June 1, 1986
The Veronen-Kilpatrick Modified Fear Survey (VK-MFS) was developed to assess the level and content of fear reactions in sexual assault victims. The purpose of the present study was to begin refining the scale by means of a factor analysis of 292 female rap ...
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Journal articleJournal of Family Violence · March 1, 1986
Physical aggression between spouses is a serious social problem. This study was designed to determine if social climate is different in the homes where aggression occurs than in nonviolent homes. Students were asked to report whether physical aggression be ...
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Journal articleViolence Vict · 1986
A brief review of the literature on reactions to rape is presented, with special emphasis on the relationship between specific aspects of the rape and subsequent fear and anxiety. A model, which incorporates the effects of the victim's subjective experienc ...
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Journal articleJournal of Counseling Psychology · January 1, 1982
Investigated fear reactions in rape victims for 1 yr following their assaults. 150 female victims, over 15 yrs of age, seen approximately 2 wks after the assault and at 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 mo postrape, were compared with a matched control group of nonvictim ...
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Journal articleAm J Community Psychol · August 1981
This study examined the attribution of blame in rape among mental health professionals from one state. Thirty-eight professionals (76% of the total population) completed the Attribution of Rape Blame Scale, a 20-item questionnaire reflecting different ways ...
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Journal articleAmerican Journal of Family Therapy · January 1, 1981
The purpose of the study was to determine if empirically derived dependent variables could be used to differentiate typical conflict and accord discussions in a within-couples design. In Part I, 180 undergraduates selected behavioral cues most indicative o ...
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Journal articleJournal of Social Issues · January 1, 1981
After reviewing previous work on psychological effects of a rape experience, this paper reports the results of a longitudinal investigation of victim reactions to rape. Adult victims (N = 20) were assessed at 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year postrape, and a g ...
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Journal articlePsychological Reports · April 1980
The purpose of the present study was to determine if there are differences among sex-role attitudes, sexual attitudes, and behavior of men and women. The Attitudes towards Women scale and the Sexual Attitudes and Behavior Survey were administered t ...
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Journal articleAm J Orthopsychiatry · October 1979
In a longitudinal study of the effects of rape on a woman's subsequent psychological functioning, objective measures of mood state and psychological distress were obtained at four intervals from 46 recent rape victims and 35 nonvictims. Initial response to ...
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Journal articleJournal of Behavioral Assessment · June 1, 1979
In order to test a social learning theory model which states that fear and anxiety responses are classically conditioned by a terror-inducing rape experience, 46 recent rape victims and 35 nonvictims matched for age, race, and neighborhood of residence wer ...
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Journal articleJournal of Social Issues · January 1, 1979
This article begins with a brief review of various non‐medical intervention procedures for child maltreatment. Psychological intervention is reviewed in more depth, with an emphasis placed on those treatments which have been empirically evaluated. Finally, ...
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Journal articleJournal of Social Issues · January 1, 1979
This article reviews the literature pertaining to the causes of child maltreatment. The review discusses 68 articles from various disciplines and organizes them into four predominant theories; psychodynamic, social learning, social psychological, and socio ...
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Journal articleBulletin of the Psychonomic Society · January 1, 1978
The present study, involving 40 prepubescent children in a sex by practice distribution paradigm, completed an evidentiary basis for concluding that the reversal of sex dominance in psychomotor reminiscence tendencies across pubescence was paralleled by a ...
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Journal articleBehavior Therapy · January 1, 1976
Time-out for noncompliance and praise for compliance were used by a mother to modify the task completion times of her child. The effect on the task completion times of a sibling, who was present during treatment of his brother, was examined. Although the u ...
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Journal articleJournal of Experimental Child Psychology · January 1, 1976
In Experiment I the effect of the contingent application of negative attention (a verbal reprimand plus a brief period in which the authority person glares intently at the child) and repeated commands on the noncompliant behavior of children was examined. ...
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