Vividness of general mental imagery is associated with the occurrence of intrusive memories

Morina, Nexhmedin; Leibold, Eilika; Ehring, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.11.004

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“…Similar studies incorporating lab-based monitoring protocols have examined the frequency of intrusive memories both at rest (e.g., Morina, Leibold, Ehring, 2013; Zetsche, Ehring, & Ehlers, 2009) and during the completion of various thought suppression and cognitive tasks (e.g., Holmes, James, Kilford, & Deeprose, 2010; Nixon et al, 2009). By contrast, diary methods used to monitor thoughts and images in the days following participation capture a mix of intrusions occurring at rest and during the completion of routine life events.…”

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A prospective examination of risk factors in the development of intrusions following a trauma analog

Ripley

Clapp

Beck

2017

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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Several factors have been linked to the severity of posttraumatic distress, although retrospective designs in much of the literature limit conclusions regarding the temporal relation between risk factors and corresponding symptoms. To address these concerns, the current project employed an analog trauma paradigm to assess the impact of background characteristics, stress response, and post-stressor affect regulation on subjective distress and intrusive memories experienced during the subsequent processing of emotional stimuli. University students (N = 184; 56% female, 42% White/Non-Hispanic) were shown graphic scenes of a televised suicide. Physiological activation was recorded during exposure with emotion ratings collected following the film. Participants then viewed a sadness- or humor-eliciting prime under instructions to inhibit or naturally express emotion. Intrusions experienced during the priming film and residual distress at study’s conclusion were rated prior to debriefing. Hierarchical regression identified reductions in emotional valence as a robust predictor of intrusions and distress. Sympathetic activation and exposure to the sadness prime were associated with intrusion frequency, whereas attenuated parasympathetic response predicted intrusion intensity. Expressive inhibition demonstrated a unique association with residual distress. Results suggest peritraumatic processes and post-exposure factors may hold more prominent relations with immediate trauma-related distress as compared to pre-existing survivor characteristics.

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A prospective examination of risk factors in the development of intrusions following a trauma analog

Ripley

Clapp

Beck

2017

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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“…PTSD is largely defined by uncontrollable intrusive mental images, and one of the primary frontline treatments also involves employing mental imagery in forms of CBT (Foa & Meadows, 1997;Harvey, Bryant, & Tarrier, 2003). Further, individual differences in imagery vividness have been shown to predict the amount of intrusive images following exposure to aversive stimuli (Morina, Leibold, & Ehring, 2013), and voluntary mental images can undergo associative learning (Lewis, O'Reilly, Khuu, & Pearson, 2013), a likely mechanism of PTSD (Rauch, Shin, & Phelps, 2006).…”

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Sex hormones predict the sensory strength and vividness of mental imagery

Wassell

Rogers

Felmingam

et al. 2015

Biological Psychology

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“…In Jennifer's case covering the image reduced the vivid cues associated with re-traumatization (Morina, Leibold, & Ehring, 2013). The reduction of such cognitive distortions helps connect stimuli to the trauma and increase the client's sense of safety while interrupting the vicious cycle of intrusive symptoms.…”

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“Check, Change What You Need To Change and/or Keep What You Want”: An Art Therapy Neurobiological-Based Trauma Protocol

Hass-Cohen¹,

Findlay²,

Carr³

et al. 2014

Art Therapy

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The Check ("Check, Change What You Need To Change and/or Keep What You Want") art therapy protocol is a sequence of directives for treating trauma that is grounded in neurobiological theory and designed to facilitate trauma narrative processing, autobiographical coherency, and the rebalancing of dysregulated responses to psychosocial stressors and trauma impacts. This article reviews the neurobiological systems involved in trauma processing and demonstrates the Check protocol with the case of a woman with posttraumatic stress disorder who had witnessed the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, New York. A comparison of pre-and posttreatment assessments showed decreased anxiety and avoidance behaviors and improved resiliency.

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Vividness of general mental imagery is associated with the occurrence of intrusive memories

Cited by 58 publications

References 33 publications

A prospective examination of risk factors in the development of intrusions following a trauma analog

A prospective examination of risk factors in the development of intrusions following a trauma analog

Sex hormones predict the sensory strength and vividness of mental imagery

“Check, Change What You Need To Change and/or Keep What You Want”: An Art Therapy Neurobiological-Based Trauma Protocol

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