Attentional Bias for Sexual Threat Among Sexual Victimization Survivors: A Meta-Analytic Review.
The current meta-analysis examined the effects of sexual victimization (SV) on attentional bias for sexual threat. This relationship was also examined among victims of SV with and without a current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The broader aim was to elucidate potential mechanisms operating between SV and negative health outcomes. As hypothesized, the findings supported a positive relationship between SV and attentional bias toward sexual threat stimuli, and subanalyses indicated that PTSD symptomatology significantly contributed to this association.
1 Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Jessica A
JA
Latack
1 Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Anne
A
Moyer
2 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Valerie A
VA
Simon
1 Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Joanne
J
Davila
D017677:Age Distribution; D000070379:Attentional Bias; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*
PTSD; attention; attentional bias; sexual victimization; trauma