TY - JOUR
T1 - Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, intimate partner violence perpetration, and the mediating role of shame processing bias
AU - Sippel, Lauren M.
AU - Marshall, Amy D.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Marshall is supported by the National Institutes of Health's Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program (1 K12 HD055882). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may produce internal "threats to the self," which generate shame. Shame is theoretically and empirically linked to intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. We examined relations among PTSD, cognitive processing of shame-relevant information, and IPV perpetration. Forty-seven community participants completed an emotional Stroop task with shame-relevant and neutral words. Stimuli were presented supraliminally (i.e., until vocal response) and subliminally (i.e., below an individualized threshold of conscious awareness). Facilitated color-naming of shame-relevant words (thought to reflect congruence between shame and self-schemas) mediated the relation between PTSD severity and IPV perpetration frequency. Mediation results for subliminal stimuli suggest that biased processing of shame cues may occur preconsciously and potentially catalyze processes (i.e., expectations of rejection in ambiguous situations with one's partner; avoidance that minimizes discomfort and protects self-image) that lead to IPV perpetration. Psychotherapeutic approaches to PTSD and IPV should consider the role of facilitated processing of shame cues.
AB - Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may produce internal "threats to the self," which generate shame. Shame is theoretically and empirically linked to intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. We examined relations among PTSD, cognitive processing of shame-relevant information, and IPV perpetration. Forty-seven community participants completed an emotional Stroop task with shame-relevant and neutral words. Stimuli were presented supraliminally (i.e., until vocal response) and subliminally (i.e., below an individualized threshold of conscious awareness). Facilitated color-naming of shame-relevant words (thought to reflect congruence between shame and self-schemas) mediated the relation between PTSD severity and IPV perpetration frequency. Mediation results for subliminal stimuli suggest that biased processing of shame cues may occur preconsciously and potentially catalyze processes (i.e., expectations of rejection in ambiguous situations with one's partner; avoidance that minimizes discomfort and protects self-image) that lead to IPV perpetration. Psychotherapeutic approaches to PTSD and IPV should consider the role of facilitated processing of shame cues.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.05.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 21641765
AN - SCOPUS:79961027511
SN - 0887-6185
VL - 25
SP - 903
EP - 910
JO - Journal of Anxiety Disorders
JF - Journal of Anxiety Disorders
IS - 7
ER -