Trauma-related and neutral false memories in war-induced Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Recent models of cognition in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) predict that trauma-related, but not neutral, processing should be differentially affected in these patients, compared to trauma-exposed controls. This study compared a group of 50 patients with PTSD related to the war in Bosnia and a group of 50 controls without PTSD but exposed to trauma from the war, using the DRM method to induce false memories for war-related and neutral critical lures. While the groups were equally susceptible to neutral critical lures, the PTSD group mistakenly recalled more war-related lures. Both false and correct recall were related more to depression than to self-rated trauma. Implications for accounts of false memories in terms of source-monitoring are discussed.
Brennen
Tim
T
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1094 Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway.
Dybdahl
Ragnhild
R
Kapidzić
Almasa
A
D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D012660:Semantics; D013404:Suggestion; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014857:Warfare