APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Affective Response to Trauma Predicts Perceptions of Core Belief Change: Evidence from a Trauma Film Paradigm Study
- Ian Gutierrez
University of Connecticut - Crystal Park
University of Connecticut - Colin Leach
University of Connecticut
Abstract
We employed the trauma film paradigm to explore the role that affective responses to a trauma analogue (i.e., video of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings) had on participants’ (N=168) perceptions of core belief change. Higher levels of fear and hostility were associated with greater perception of core belief change.
Experimental
