The function of image control in the psychophysiology of posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 679-696

  Laor, Nathaniel ^a,b,c   Wolmer, Leo ^a   Wiener, Zeev ^a   Reiss, Ahuva ^a   Muller, Uri ^a   Weizman, Ronit ^a   Ron, Samuel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emotion; Image control; Psychophysiology; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0031647110     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024489231842     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. American Psychiatric Association (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed). Washington, DC: Author.
2. Blanchard, E. B., Kolb, L.C., Gerardi, R. J., Ryan, P. & Pallmeyer, T. P. (1986). Cardiac response to relevant stimuli as an adjunctive tool for diagnosing posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans. Behavior Therapy, 17, 592-606.
3. Blanchard, E. B., Kolb, L. C., & Prins, A. (1991). Psychophysiological responses in the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 179, 97-101.
4. Brett, E. A., & Ostroff, R. (1985). Imagery and posttraumatic stress disorder: An overview. American Journal of Psychiatry, 142, 417-424.
5. Cook, E. W. III., Melamed, B. G., Cuthbert, B.N., McNeil, D. W., & Lang, R. J. (1988). Emotional imagery and the differential diagnosis of anxiety. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 734-740.
6. Euse, E. J., & Haney, J. N. (1975). Clarity, controllability, and emotional intensity of image: Correlations with introversion, neuroticism, and subjective anxiety. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 40, 443-447.
7. Fridlund, A. J., & Cacioppo, J. T. (1986). Guidelines for human electromyographic research. Psychophysiology, 23, 567-589.
8. Gatchel, R. J., Baum, A., & Lang, P. J. (1982). Psychosomatic disorders: Basic issues and future research directions. In R. J. Gatchel, A. Baum, & J. E. Singer (Eds.) Handbook of psychology and health (pp. 371-397). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Ass.
9. Gerardi, R. J., Blanchard, E. B., & Kolb, L. C. (1989). Ability of Vietnam veterans to dissimulate a psychophysiological assessment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Behavior Therapy, 20, 229-243.
10. Gordon, R. (1949). An investigation into some of the factors that favor the formation of stereotyped images. British Journal of Psychology, 39, 156-167.
11. Gordon, R. (1950). An experiment correlating the nature of imagery with performance on a test of reversal of perspective. British Journal of Psychology, 41, 63-67.
12. Har-Paz, H., Alterson, Z., Ganani, S., Hadad, M., Fedida, M. (1986). City neighborhoods-Physical demographic and socio-economic characteristics (1983-1984). Tel Aviv Municipality Center for Economic and Social Research.
13. Hiscock, M., & Cohen, D.B. (1973). Visual imagery and dream recall. Journal of Research in Personality, 7, 179-188.
14. Horowitz, M. J. (1976). Image formation and cognition. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
15. Horowitz, M. J. (1983). Image formation and psychotherapy. New York and London: Jason Aronson.
16. Horowitz, M. J., Wilner, N., & Alvarez, W. (1979). Impact of Events Scale: A measure of subjective stress. Psychosomatic Medicine, 4, 209-218.
17. Juhasz, J. B. (1972). On the reliability of two measures of imagery. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 35, 874.
18. Khatena, J. (1975). Relationship of autonomous imagery and creative self-perceptions. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 40, 357-358.
19. Khatena, J. (1976). Autonomy of imagery and production of original verbal images. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 43, 245-246.
20. Lang, P. J. (1979). A bio-informational theory of emotional imagery. Psychophysiology, 16, 495-512.
21. Lang, P. J., Levin, D. N., Miller, G. A., & Kozak, M. J. (1983). Fear behavior, fear imagery, and the psychophysiology of emotion: The problem of affective response integration. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 92, 276-306.
22. Laor, N., Abramowitz, P., Wolmer, L., Nakash, N., & Ron, S. (1995). Driving accidents of PTSD and non-PTSD Israeli veterans. Unpublished manuscript.
23. Martin, M., & Williams, R. (1990). Imagery and emotion: Clinical and experimental approaches. In P. J. Hampson, D. F. Marks, & J. T. E. Richardson (Eds.) Imagery: Current developments (pp. 268-306). London: Routledge.
24. Orr, S. P. (1990). Psychophysiological studies of posttraumatic stress disorder. In E. Giller (Ed.) Biological assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Progress in psychiatry series (pp. 137-157). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
25. Orr, S. P., & Pitman, R. K. (1993). Psychophysiological assessment of attempts to simulate posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 33, 127-129.
26. Orr, S. P., Pitman, R., Lasko, N. B., & Herz, L. R. (1993). Psychophysiological assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder imagery in World War II and Korean combat veterans. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 152-159.
27. Pallmeyer, T. P., Blanchard, E. B., & Kolb, L. C. (1986). The psychophysiology of combat-induced posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans. Behavior Research and Therapy, 24, 645-652.
28. Pitman, R. K., Orr, S.P., Forgue, D. F., Altman, B., de Jong, J. B., & Herz, L. R. (1990). Psychophysiological responses to combat imagery of Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder versus other anxiety disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 99, 49-54.
29. Pitman, R. K., Orr, S. P., Forgue, D. F., de Jong, J. B., & Claiborn, J. M. (1987). Psychophysiological assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder imagery in Vietnam combat veterans. Archives of General Psychiatry, 44, 970-975.
30. Pitman, R. K., Orr, S. P., & Steketee, G. S. (1989). Psychophysiological investigations of posttraumatic stress disorder imagery. Psychopharmacologieal Bulletin, 25, 426-431.
31. Rawlings, E.I. & Rawlings, I.L. (1974). Rotary pursuit tracking following mental rehearsal as a function of voluntary control of visual imagery. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 38, 302.
32. Richardson, A. (1969). Mental imagery. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
33. Shalev, A. Y., Orr, S. P., & Pitman, R. K. (1993). Psychophysiological assessment of traumatic imagery in Israeli civilian patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 150, 620-624.
34. Shaw, G. A., & DeMers, S. T. (1986). The relationship of imagery to originality, flexibility and fluency in creative thinking. Journal of Mental Imagery, 10, 65-74.
35. Sheehan, P. W. (1967). A shorter form of Betts' questionnaire upon mental imagery. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 23, 386-390.
36. Solomon, Z., Benbenishty, R., Neria, Y., Abramowitz, M., Ginzburg, K., & Ohry, A. (1993). Assessment of PTSD: Validation of the Revised PTSD Inventory. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Science, 30, 110-115.
37. Spitzer, R. L., Williams, J. B. W., Gibbon, M., & First, M. B. (1989). Structured clinical interview for DSM-III-R - Patient version (SCID-P, 9/1/89 Version). New York: New York State Psychiatric Institute, Biometrics Research Department.
38. Stricklin, A. B., & Penk, M. L. (1980). Vividness and control of imagery in personality types. Journal of Mental Imagery, 4, 111-114.
39. Vreven, D. L., Gudanowsky, D. M., King, L. A., & King, D. W. (1995). The civilian version of the Mississippi PTSD Scale: A psychometric evaluation. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 8, 91-109.
40. White, K., & Ashton, R. (1977). Visual imagery control: One dimension or four? Journal of Mental Imagery, 2, 245-252.
41. White, K., Sheehan, P. W., & Ashton, R. (1977). Imagery assessment: A survey of self-report measures. Journal of Mental Imagery, 1, 145-170.