On the Uniqueness of Trauma Memories in PTSD
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This chapter contains section titled: Clinical and Historical Context Theories of Fragmentation and PTSD The Empirical Literature: Qualitative or Quantitative? An Appraisal of the Fragmentation Hypothesis Clinical Implications References
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Several prior reviews have critically examined the link between memory fragmentation and PTSD.
“Several reviews have critically examined the relationship between memory fragmentation and PTSD (see O'Kearney & Perrott, 2006; Zoellner & Bittinger, 2004).”
From Dissociation and memory fragmentation in post-traumatic stress disorder: An evaluation of the dissociative encoding hypothesis (2012) · cites this paper as Zoellner & Bittinger, 2004
Other reviews examining fragmentation and PTSD more broadly have not found overwhelming evidence that fragmentation plays a crucial role in PTSD.
“other reviews that have looked more broadly at fragmentation and PTSD have also failed to find overwhelming evidence for a crucial role of fragmentation in PTSD (e.g., O'Kearney & Perrott, 2006; Zoellner & Bittinger, 2004).”
From Dissociation and memory fragmentation in post-traumatic stress disorder: An evaluation of the dissociative encoding hypothesis (2012) · cites this paper as Zoellner & Bittinger, 2004
Fragmentation may be an epiphenomenon resulting from increased distress during recall.
“Indeed, it has been suggested that fragmentation may be an epiphenomenon resulting from increased distress during recall (Zoellner & Bittinger, 2004)”
From Dissociation and memory fragmentation in post-traumatic stress disorder: An evaluation of the dissociative encoding hypothesis (2012) · cites this paper as Zoellner & Bittinger, 2004
Content and style typical of fragmentation, such as speech fillers and disorganization, may indicate high anxiety during recall rather than actual poor memory quality.
“where content and style that is considered typical of fragmentation (e.g., speech fillers, disorganization) is indicative of high anxiety while recounting the memory and not of actual poor memory quality.”
From Dissociation and memory fragmentation in post-traumatic stress disorder: An evaluation of the dissociative encoding hypothesis (2012) · cites this paper as Zoellner & Bittinger, 2004
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“Several reviews have critically examined the relationship between memory fragmentation and PTSD (see O’Kearney & Perrott, 2006; Zoellner & Bittinger, 2004).”
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- Authors
- Zoellner, L. A., & Bittenger, J. N.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- ORCID
- Zoellner, Lori A.
- Venue
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2004-01
- Pages
- 147-162
- OpenAlex
- W1508951684
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
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- Type
- other
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic memory, memory fragmentation, memory retrieval, qualitative versus quantitative research
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