Attention to the body in nonclinical somatoform dissociation depends on emotional state

Brown, Richard J. (author): Univ Manchester, Sch Psychol Sci, Manchester, Lancs, England

Danquah, Adam N. (author): Univ Manchester, Sch Psychol Sci, Manchester, Lancs, England

Miles, Eleanor (author): Univ Manchester, Sch Psychol Sci, Manchester, Lancs, England

Holmes, Emily A. (author): Univ Oxford, Warneford Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Oxford, England

Poliakoff, Ellen (author): Univ Manchester, Sch Psychol Sci, Manchester, Lancs, England

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2010
2010
English.
In: Journal of Psychosomatic Research. - : PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. - 0022-3999 .- 1879-1360. ; 69:3, s. 249-257

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Abstract Subject headings

Objective: Unexplained neurological symptoms ("somatoform dissociation") are common in health care settings and associated with disproportionately high levels of distress, disability, and resource utilization. Theory suggests that somatoform dissociation is associated with disturbed attentional processing, but there is a paucity of research in this area and the available evidence is contradictory. Methods: We compared undergraduate participants (n=124) with high and low scores on the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20) on a tactile cueing paradigm measuring the time course of attention to touch, following either a neutral film or a film designed to simulate the emotional effects of trauma exposure. Results: Following the neutral film, high SDQ-20 participants exhibited delayed disengagement from tactile cue stimuli compared to the low SDQ-20 group. Following the "trauma" film, however, the high SDQ-20 group showed attentional effects suggesting avoidance of the tactile stimuli in this condition. Early attention to tactile cues following the trauma film predicted film-related intrusive thoughts after the experiment. Conclusion: These findings suggest that both body vigilance and body avoidance may be involved in the expression of somatoform dissociation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

By the author/editor: Brown, Richard J ...; Danquah, Adam N.; Miles, Eleanor; Holmes, Emily A.; Poliakoff, Ellen

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Clinical Medicin ...; and Psychiatry

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