Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Avoiding awareness of betrayal: Comment on Lindblom and Gray (2009). |
| Authors: |
FREYD, JENNIFER J., KLEST, BRIDGET, DEPRINCE, ANNE P. |
| Source: |
Applied Cognitive Psychology. Jan2010, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p20-26. 7p. 1 Chart. |
| Subjects: |
Betrayal, Traumatism, Undergraduates, Cognitive psychology, Memory, Epidemiology |
| Abstract: |
Betrayal trauma theory (BTT) predicts that unawareness of abuse by someone on whom a victim is dependent may serve to protect a necessary relationship. Lindblom and Gray (2009) contribute to a growing line of BTT studies by measuring narrative detail in a sample of undergraduates who met Criterion A of the PTSD diagnosis and who rated the abuse as their most distressing trauma. Although many core betrayal traumas do not fit Criterion A, Lindblom and Gray found a small effect in the predicted direction. Having found an effect as predicted by BTT, curiously the authors then argue that PTSD Avoidance is a confound for forgetting the abuse to be statistically managed. This is particularly curious since symptom 3 of Criterion C is ‘inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma’. Despite constraining participant selection and other methodological issues, Lindblom and Gray's results add support to BTT. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
