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Korean Journal of Psychology: General

  • KOREAN
  • P-ISSN1229-067X
  • E-ISSN2734-1127
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The characteristics of autobiographical trauma memory organization associated with posttraumatic stress disorder

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127
2012, v.31 no.1, pp.197-220


Abstract

Most people recover from traumatic experience, however, some develop posttrauma symptoms such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One of characteristics of PTSD is that the posttrauma symptoms are closely related to the memory of the traumatic incident. Recent empirical studies have suggested that the characteristics of autobiographical trauma memory is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder, including how the survivors remember or retrieve their experience, how the memory details are well-connected with one another, and how well organized or fragmented such autobiographical trauma memories are. However the evidences so far have been unclear and inconsistent in conceptualizing the mechanisms of how trauma memories operate. The present study reviews both the empirical and the theoretical research on autobiographical trauma memory of PTSD. We also present the notions of micro-organization and macro-organizations of trauma memory in explaining the inconsistent findings from previous research. Future research directions and clinical implications are discussed as well.

keywords
Posttraumatic stress disorder, autobiographical trauma memory, organization, micro-organization, macro- organization., Posttraumatic stress disorder, autobiographical trauma memory, organization, micro-organization, macro- organization., 외상 후 스트레스 장애, 자서전적 외상 기억, 조직화, 미시적 조직화, 거시적 조직화

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