TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - A laboratory-based examination of a standardized sexual assault script
JO  - Anxiety, stress, and coping
A1  - Bynion, Teah-Marie
A1  - Higuera, Danielle
A1  - Gournay, L. Riley
A1  - Bridges, Ana
A1  - Feldner, Matthew
A1  - Leen-Feldner, Ellen
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Idiographic script-driven imagery is core to both research and treatment related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including among individuals with a history of sexual assault. However, there may be benefit in having alternatives to such idiographic techniques. The current study therefore examined multimodal responding to a standardized audio-recorded narrative of a sexual assault. DESIGN AND METHOD: In this experiment, 105 women (Mage = 19.09, SD = 2.24) were recruited from the community and randomly assigned to listen to a depiction of sexual assault (trauma condition) or a similar experience without sexual assault (control condition). <br><br>RESULTS: As hypothesized, relative to the control group, participants in the trauma condition reported greater (a) increases in anxiety, anger, and disgust from pre- to post- manipulation, and (b) distress across the duration of the recording. In contrast to hypotheses, heart-rate did not differ across groups. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest listening to a standardized sexual assault narrative, compared to a non-traumatic narrative, effectively increases negative affect. This indicates standardized sexual assault narratives have potential as a traumatic event cue presentation method both for trauma-focused treatment and studying reactions to sexual assault cues.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1061-5806
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2022.2126974
ID  - ref1
ER  -