2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102517
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Mental contamination, PTSD symptoms, and coping following sexual trauma: Results from a daily monitoring study

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“…Among survivors of sexual trauma, trauma-related mental contamination has increasingly been identified as a potential source of distress and impairment, has been linked to deleterious outcomes such as suicidal ideation and risk behaviors, has been linked to more severe PTSD symptoms, and has been proposed as a potential treatment target that could enhance progress in PTSD treatment (Badour et al, 2013; Brake et al, 2019; Brake et al, 2018; Jung & Steil, 2012, 2013; Olatunji et al, 2008; Steil et al, 2011; Tipsword et al, 2022). Better understanding factors that contribute to persistent trauma-related mental contamination could inform future efforts to successfully identify and target trauma-related mental contamination clinically.…”
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“…Among survivors of sexual trauma, trauma-related mental contamination has increasingly been identified as a potential source of distress and impairment, has been linked to deleterious outcomes such as suicidal ideation and risk behaviors, has been linked to more severe PTSD symptoms, and has been proposed as a potential treatment target that could enhance progress in PTSD treatment (Badour et al, 2013; Brake et al, 2019; Brake et al, 2018; Jung & Steil, 2012, 2013; Olatunji et al, 2008; Steil et al, 2011; Tipsword et al, 2022). Better understanding factors that contribute to persistent trauma-related mental contamination could inform future efforts to successfully identify and target trauma-related mental contamination clinically.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…First, our findings contribute to a growing body of work aiming to identify risk factors for trauma-related mental contamination among survivors of sexual trauma—a population that is particularly likely to experience persistent mental contamination (Fairbrother & Rachman, 2004). Given that mental contamination is distressing and impairing and has been proposed to both maintain PTSD symptoms and potentially impact progress in PTSD treatment among survivors of sexual trauma (Badour et al, 2013; Jung & Steil, 2012, 2013; Olatunji et al, 2008; Steil et al, 2011; Tipsword et al, 2022), work exploring risk factors for ongoing trauma-related mental contamination has the potential to shed light on potential treatment targets. Second, and in line with this notion, our findings offer preliminary support for the idea that clinicians may wish to consider asking about and monitoring negative posttraumatic cognitions about the self when treating individuals with a history of sexual trauma as such cognitions were prospectively linked to more severe mental contamination among our sample.…”
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“…Avoidance coping refers to efforts aimed at distracting or distancing oneself from stressful situations or things (Folkman & Lazarus, 1988; Ullman et al, 2007), while approach coping aims to actively address or resolve the causes of distress (Folkman & Lazarus, 1988). In the only work to date to directly evaluate associations between coping and trauma-related MC, individuals who reported higher MC reported more frequent use of both avoidance and approach coping to manage trauma-related distress (Tipsword et al, 2022). Additionally, higher than usual MC on a given day positively predicted self-reported use of avoidance—but not approach—coping several hours later.…”
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“…Expectations regarding relationships between specific approach-oriented coping strategies and MC are less clear. Though one study failed to document an association between the broad domain of approach coping and subsequent MC (Tipsword et al, 2022), specific approach-oriented strategies may lead to reductions in MC. In particular, engagement in emotional processing (i.e., attempting to identify or understand emotions; Stanton et al, 2009) may facilitate an awareness of experiences underlying MC (e.g., by elucidating which emotions an individual is experiencing and/or triggers for those emotions), which might produce reductions in MC-related distress.…”
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