Combat PTSD and Implicit Behavioral Tendencies for Positive Affective Stimuli: A Brief Report

Frontiers in Psychology

Ashley N. Clausen¹ 

关键词: combat PTSD;    veterans;    inhibition;    approach behavior;    avoidance behavior;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00758

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: Prior cognitive research in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has focused on automatic responses to negative affective stimuli, including attentional facilitation or disengagement and avoidance action tendencies. More recent research suggests PTSD may also relate to differences in reward processing, which has lead to theories of PTSD relating to approach-avoidance imbalances. The current pilot study assessed how combat-PTSD symptoms relate to automatic behavioral tendencies to both positive and negative affective stimuli.

【 授权许可】

CC BY