Artistic Abilities In Maltreated Children
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Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology:
Acoustic Startle in Maltreated Children
Zornald A. Dixon
Franklin Pierce College
SO103 Intro to Social Work
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Zornald A. Dixon
SO103 Intro to Social Work
Instructor: Ron St. James
22 January, 2004
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology:
Acoustic Startle in Maltreated Children
ABSTRACT
This journal is an investigation into the eye blink component of acoustic startle reactions in maltreated children. Previous research has suggested that acoustic startle is enhanced in adult males with posttraumatic stress disorders, otherwise known as PTSD; whereas findings in women with PTSD have been inconsistent. In parallel with previous report for children with PTSD, researchers have found that maltreated boys, especially those who had been physically abused, responded to increases in startle probe loudness with smaller increments in amplitude of startle eye blink and smaller reductions in blink latency than did comparison boys. Results for girls were inconsistent: younger maltreated girls had smaller startle amplitude and slower onset latency than controls, whereas older maltreated girls exhibited just the opposite pattern.
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Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
VOL. 31 (4): 359-370, August 2003, Article ID: 466270
Copyright 2003 Plenum Publishing Corporation
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Rafael Klorman
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Dante Cicchetti
Department of...
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