ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Facial Expressions of Fear Predict the Maintenance of PTSD Symptoms
- Erica Diminich
Stony Brook University - George Bonanno
Columbia University
Abstract
We coded displays of emotion from interviews with survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks 6-months after 9/11 and examined their relationship to PTSD at 18 months.
Fear displays predicted PTSD net of 6-month symptoms, exposure or self-report.
Deficits in emotion regulation may contribute to the maintenance of PTSD symptoms.
Emotion