SynthesisGenes, brain, and behavior2019
Role of social cognition in post-traumatic stress disorder: A review and meta-analysis.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 137 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A case-control study examining the relationship between social cognition and post-traumatic stress disorder.BJPsych open · 2026Article
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- Exploration of the relationship between social cognition and PTSD using data from the ALSPAC cohort.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Poly-victimization and post-traumatic stress symptoms in care experienced youth: the mediating role of mentalizing.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
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- Social cognition and connectedness in adult refugees: the case of Syrians living in Türkiye.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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- Adverse childhood experiences and post-traumatic stress impacts on brain connectivity and alcohol use in adolescence.Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence · 2025Article
- Stress-Related Brain Alterations in Chronic Pain.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
- Exploring trauma recovery in nurses: a text mining and thematic analysis based on Swanson's theory of caring.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Validation of the Mentalization Scale (MentS) in francophone control and clinical samples.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Enhancing Agency in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Therapies Through Sensorimotor Technologies.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- A model for secondary traumatic stress following workplace exposure to traumatic material in analytical staff.Communications psychology · 2024Review
- Trauma and the default mode network: review and exploratory study.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2024Article
- Artemisinin reduces PTSD-like symptoms, improves synaptic plasticity, and inhibits apoptosis in rats subjected to single prolonged stress.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- 'I am afraid you will see the stain on my soul': Direct gaze neural processing in individuals with PTSD after moral injury recall.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Social functioning is a key component of recovery after a potentially traumatic experience, and the buffering role of the social support in trauma resilience and recovery has been very well documented. Factors contributing to resilience and recovery are notable because although most people will experience a traumatic event during their lifetimes, only 6% to 10% are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The relationship between an individual and their social environment is determined both by the quality of the social environment itself, and by the individual's perception and understanding of information conveyed by the other people around them. However, little research has considered the contribution of these internal social cognitive processes to PTSD risk or resilience. The current review draws on the existing literature on social cognitive functioning in trauma exposure and PTSD, identifying key questions and themes for future research. We utilized a meta-analytic approach to assess the evidence for alterations in social cognition in PTSD, finding a consistent large deficit in social cognitive performance in PTSD groups relative to trauma-exposed and healthy controls. We then reviewed the literature on the interaction of genes and the social environment, supporting the hypothesis that social cognitive deficits are a preexisting risk factor for PTSD. Finally, we reviewed relevant neuroimaging findings, which suggest that alterations in social cognition affect the perception of threat cues in PTSD. Overall, research on social cognition and PTSD is still emerging, but existing findings suggest this is an important and understudied area for the understanding of PTSD.
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