Trial reportPsychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy2024
The effect of time since index trauma on trauma-related beliefs.
Trial report in Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- A meta-analytic review of cognitive processing therapy with and without the written account.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Impacts of repeated retrieval of positive and neutral memories on posttrauma health: An investigative pilot study.Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Maladaptive appraisals and posttraumatic stress reactions in young terror survivors across 8 years: a random intercepts cross-lagged analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Trauma exposure as a predictor of general health outcomes and trauma-related beliefs among older adults living in an adverse environment.Aging & mental health · 2025Article
- Trauma in the courtroom: The role of prior trauma exposure and mental health on stress and emotional responses in jurors.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- Obsessive Beliefs in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.Journal of rational-emotive and cognitive-behavior therapy : RET · 2025Article
- The Effects of the Processing of Positive Memories Technique on Posttrauma Affect and Cognitions Among Survivors of Trauma: Protocol for a Daily Diary Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Investigating the associations between cognitive appraisals, emotion regulation and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among Asian American and European American trauma survivors.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveGreater duration of negative trauma-related beliefs may inhibit improvements in these cognitions during posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment. The goal of the current study was to examine the impact of time since trauma on change in negative trauma-related beliefs during PTSD treatment.
methodA sample of 126 adults diagnosed with PTSD were randomized to Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) or Written Exposure Therapy (WET) and completed the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI) at pretreatment and 6, 12, 24, 36, and 60 weeks following the first treatment session.
resultsConsistent with past findings, negative cognitions related to the self, others, and self-blame decreased during and after trauma-focused therapy. Greater time since the trauma was associated with less improvement in negative trauma-related beliefs about the world and less early improvement in negative trauma-related beliefs about the self and self-blame. The effect of time since trauma on reduction in negative trauma-related beliefs about the world was stronger among participants randomized to CPT.
conclusionsThese results indicate that trauma-focused therapies become less potent in reducing trauma-related beliefs as time progresses since trauma exposure, particularly in CPT, for beliefs about the world. Results indicate PTSD treatment should be provided in closer proximity to trauma exposure before negative trauma-related beliefs become inflexible. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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