Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7267456 | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Our findings suggest that effortful imagination of new trauma-related details leads to a reduction in intrusions and an increased tendency to not endorse trauma exposure over time. One explanation for this finding is that elaboration enhanced conceptual processing of the trauma analogue, therefore reducing intrusions. Critically, this reduction in intrusions affected participants' tendency to endorse trauma exposure, which is consistent with the reality-monitoring explanation for memory amplification.
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Authors
Jacinta M. Oulton, Deryn Strange, Reginald D.V. Nixon, Melanie K.T. Takarangi,