What people find most distressing about a traumatic event varies greatly from person to
person. The personal meanings of trauma and their relationship with features of trauma …

Highlights•Cognition is central to theories of PTSD and receives greater emphasis in DSM-
5.•Negative post-traumatic cognitions predict and mediate many PTSD symptoms.•Recent …

One hundred fifteen undergraduates rated 15 word-cued memories and their 3 most
negatively stressful, 3 most positive, and 7 most important events and completed tests of …

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM‐5;
American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013) modified the diagnostic criteria for …

Growing evidence supports the effectiveness of Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for
Adolescents (TGCT-A) in reducing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and …

Two studies examined the relationship between the ability to access specific
autobiographical material in memory and presence/symptoms of posttraumatic stress. In …

We developed a 17‐item scale to measure cognitive processing of traumatic experiences in
two samples of college students. The Cognitive Processing of Trauma Scale (CPOTS) …

Two studies of assault victims examined the roles of (a) disorganized trauma memories in
the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),(b) peritraumatic cognitive …

People with PTSD often report difficulties remembering day to day information unrelated to
their traumatic episode. In addition, structural and functional imaging techniques have …

Since trauma arises from an inescapable stressful event that overwhelms people's coping
mechanisms, it is uncertain to what degree the results of laboratory studies of ordinary …