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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Cognitive models suggest lack of control beliefs are central to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  • Limited empirical evidence exists on controllability in PTSD.
  • Investigating sensitivity to control alterations is crucial for understanding PTSD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine if PTSD is linked to heightened sensitivity to changes in controllability over stressful stimuli.
  • To explore the role of control loss in PTSD symptomology and avoidance behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited participants with (PTSD+) and without (PTSD-) symptoms from a crowdsourcing platform.
  • Randomized participants to experience controllable noise, uncontrollable noise, or no noise.
  • Assessed avoidance of distressing stimuli after a task where all participants lost control.

Main Results:

  • PTSD+ individuals who initially had control but then lost it showed increased avoidance of subsequent distress compared to other groups.
  • This effect was significant in females with PTSD but not in males.
  • Loss of control specifically impacts avoidance in those with PTSD, especially women.

Conclusions:

  • People with PTSD are vulnerable to the negative effects of losing control, contributing to avoidance behaviors.
  • Heightened vulnerability in females with PTSD may explain their greater risk for developing the disorder.
  • Findings underscore the importance of control in PTSD pathophysiology and treatment.