Using Attentional Bias Modification to Address Trauma Symptoms

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Conditions studied: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

In brief

Threat-related attentional biases have been identified as a possible precursor to the onset and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As a result, protocols such as Attention Bias Modification (ABM) have been developed and utilized to treat these attentional biases in adults diagnosed with PTSD. However, to-date, ABM protocols have not been examined for use specifically among victims of sexual assaults. Participants are 20 undergraduate women enrolled in a Midwest university. The efficacy of ABM in this population will be assessed, as will the relationship between ABM and PTSD symptom clusters and outcome variables such as anxiety and depression scores.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02615717

Run by

University of Nebraska Lincoln

People needed

6

Starts

2015-11-01

Expected to finish

2016-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-03

Who can join

Age: 19 and older, up to 70. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female, 19+, have experienced at least one adult sexual trauma, and must currently be experiencing PTSD symptoms as a result of the sexual assault

You may not qualify if…

• male

Where it is running

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

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