Posttraumatic Stress and Attentional Bias towards Cancer-Related Stimuli in Parents of Children Recently Diagnosed with CancerVise andre og tillknytning
Rekke forfattare: 62016 (engelsk)Inngår i: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 11, nr 4, artikkel-id e0152778Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
Abstract [en]
Objectives To investigate whether posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are related to attentional bias towards cancer-related stimuli among parents of children recently diagnosed with cancer. Methods Sixty-two parents completed questionnaires measuring PTSS, depression, and anxiety and the emotional Stroop task via the Internet. The emotional Stroop task included cancer-related words, cardiovascular disease-related words, and neutral words. Results Participants were split in two groups based on the median of PTSS: High-PTSS and Low-PTSS. There was a significant interaction between word-type and group and a planned contrast test of this interaction indicated that the High-PTSS group had longer response latencies on cancer-related words compared to the other word-type and group combinations. Conclusions Findings suggest that PTSS are related to attentional bias towards cancer-related stimuli among parents of children recently diagnosed with cancer. Implications of this finding for the understanding of PTSS in this population, future research, and clinical practice are discussed.
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2016. Vol. 11, nr 4, artikkel-id e0152778
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-129911DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152778ISI: 000373201200038OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-129911DiVA, id: diva2:925791
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