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The Comparison of Response Inhibition and Cognitive Appraisal in the Patients with Acute Stress Disorder in Mazandaran Legal Medicine Center
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Fereshteh Bakhshian   , Abbas Abolghasemi , Mohammad Narimani |
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Abstract: (12093 Views) |
| Background: Acute stress disorder is characterized by dissociative analysis, re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyper arousal symptoms. The purpose of the present research is to compare response inhibition and cognitive appraisal of patients with acute stress disorder.
Methods: This research is a case-control study. The research sample consisted of 40 patient with acute stress disorder referred to Mazandaran Legal Medicine center and 40 normal persons, referred to this center and they exposed to accident and did not get acute stress disorder diagnosis, which were selected by available sampling. To collect the data, it were used of Composite International Diagnostic Interview, Stroop Test, The Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory and The Impact of Event Scale-Revised.
Findings: The MANOVA results showed that response inhibition and dysfunctional cognitive appraisal in patients with acute stress disorder is significantly greater than normal persons. The results of multiple regressions showed response inhibition and dysfunctional cognitive appraisal 91% had significantly predicting symptoms of acute stress disorder.
Conclusion: The findings suggested that patients with acute stress disorder have more response inhibition and dysfunction cognitive appraisal. More negative appraisal of themselves and the world can cause threaten feeling and More response inhibition. |
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| Keywords: Response Inhibition, Cognitive Appraisal, Acute Stress Disorder |
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Type of Article: Research Article |
Subject:
Forensic Medicine
Received: 2013/10/22 | Revised: 2013/12/18 | Accepted: 2013/10/27 | ePublished: 2013/10/27
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