@article{ref1,
title="Contributors to hypervigilance in a military and civilian sample",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2013",
author="Kimble, Matthew O. and Fleming, Kevin and Bennion, Kelly A.",
volume="28",
number="8",
pages="1672-1692",
abstract="Hypervigilance toward ambiguous or threatening stimuli is a prominent feature in many trauma survivors including active and returning soldiers. This study set out to investigate the factors that contribute to hypervigilance in a mixed sample. One hundred forty-five individuals, 50 of whom were war zone veterans, filled out a series of questionnaires including the Hypervigilance Questionnaire (HVQ; Kimble, Fleming, & Bennion, 2009). Other participants included military cadets, college undergraduates, and a traumatized community sample. In this sample, a history of military deployment and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms independently predicted hypervigilance. The findings suggest that deployment to a war zone, in and of itself, can lead to hypervigilant behavior. Therefore, characterizing hypervigilance as pathological in a veteran sample must be done so with caution.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260512468319",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260512468319"
}