"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)" and "trauma"
Conditions
Interventions
All participants execute a short experiment (Single Target Implicit Association
Test, STIAT), consisting of a compatible and an incompatible block.
Sponsors
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Eligibility
Age
12 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Experienced sexual trauma (2) Age between 12 and 18 years (3) Of the 128 patients, 64 have current DSM-IV diagnosis of PTSD and, 64 have no current PTSD diagnosis, both established with the PTSD section of the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) and the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index (PTSD-RI).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Mental retardation (2) Insufficient ability to speak and write Dutch (3) Trauma caused by a caregiver who is part of the current primary care system (4) Current DSM-IV diagnosis of PTSD of the caregiver
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reaction Times (RTs) of the two combined blocks of the Single Target Implicit Association Test (STIAT). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary study parameters (child) are: - Explicit self-esteem measured by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) - Implicit self-esteem measured by a computerized version of the Name-Letter Task (NLT). - Explicit trauma identification measured by the Centrality of Event Scale (CES) - Explicit trauma identification measured by the Inclusion of Trauma in the Self Scale (ITSS) | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed