Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?

Abnormal attentional processes to socially relevant information may underlie behavioral dysfunctional symptoms in children exposed to a complex trauma. Attentional biases to social scenes close to real-world situations and their association with behavioral symptomatology were examined in complex tra...

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Authors: Bertó, C, Almansa-Tomás, B, Ferrín, M, Livianos, L, Rojo, L, Barberá, M, García-Blanco, A
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO)
Repository:r-FISABIO. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica
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Online Access:https://fisabio.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/16078
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Childhood
Maltreatment
Complex trauma
Attentional bias
Emotion
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spelling Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?Bertó, CAlmansa-Tomás, BFerrín, MLivianos, LRojo, LBarberá, MGarcía-Blanco, AChildhoodMaltreatmentComplex traumaAttentional biasEmotionAbnormal attentional processes to socially relevant information may underlie behavioral dysfunctional symptoms in children exposed to a complex trauma. Attentional biases to social scenes close to real-world situations and their association with behavioral symptomatology were examined in complex trauma-exposed children. A visual dot-probe task involving neutral versus emotional (i.e., threatening, sad, or happy) scenes was applied to twenty-one maltreated children (mean age 10.43; 42.8% female; 61.1% White). These children were exposed to a complex trauma (i.e., severe, repeated, multiple, prolonged, and interpersonal) and were safeguarded in a juvenile welfare home after all parental responsibility was removed. Twenty-four comparable non-maltreated children (mean age 10.13; 29.2% female; 76% White), served as control group. All participants were at risk of social exclusion and every legal representative completed the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Complex trauma-exposed children showed an attentional bias toward threatening scenes, while the control group showed an attentional bias toward sad scenes. There were no differences for happy scenes between groups. Attentional bias toward threatening scenes was associated with withdrawn symptoms in complex trauma-exposed children. Children exposed to a complex trauma show an abnormal attention to threatening social situations, which can trigger maladaptive behaviors such as withdrawn. The understanding of how complex trauma-exposed children process affective environmental information may provide new targets in the social skills interventions such as diminishing maladaptive behaviors and improving coping strategies to face threatening situations.SPRINGER HEIDELBERG2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://fisabio.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/16078Journal of Child & Adolescent TraumaISSN: 19361521ISSNe: 1936153Xreponame:r-FISABIO. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científicainstname:Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:fisabio.fundanetsuite.com:p160782026-06-11T12:45:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?
title Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?
spellingShingle Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?
Bertó, C
Childhood
Maltreatment
Complex trauma
Attentional bias
Emotion
title_short Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?
title_full Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?
title_fullStr Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?
title_full_unstemmed Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?
title_sort Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bertó, C
Almansa-Tomás, B
Ferrín, M
Livianos, L
Rojo, L
Barberá, M
García-Blanco, A
author Bertó, C
author_facet Bertó, C
Almansa-Tomás, B
Ferrín, M
Livianos, L
Rojo, L
Barberá, M
García-Blanco, A
author_role author
author2 Almansa-Tomás, B
Ferrín, M
Livianos, L
Rojo, L
Barberá, M
García-Blanco, A
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Childhood
Maltreatment
Complex trauma
Attentional bias
Emotion
topic Childhood
Maltreatment
Complex trauma
Attentional bias
Emotion
description Abnormal attentional processes to socially relevant information may underlie behavioral dysfunctional symptoms in children exposed to a complex trauma. Attentional biases to social scenes close to real-world situations and their association with behavioral symptomatology were examined in complex trauma-exposed children. A visual dot-probe task involving neutral versus emotional (i.e., threatening, sad, or happy) scenes was applied to twenty-one maltreated children (mean age 10.43; 42.8% female; 61.1% White). These children were exposed to a complex trauma (i.e., severe, repeated, multiple, prolonged, and interpersonal) and were safeguarded in a juvenile welfare home after all parental responsibility was removed. Twenty-four comparable non-maltreated children (mean age 10.13; 29.2% female; 76% White), served as control group. All participants were at risk of social exclusion and every legal representative completed the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Complex trauma-exposed children showed an attentional bias toward threatening scenes, while the control group showed an attentional bias toward sad scenes. There were no differences for happy scenes between groups. Attentional bias toward threatening scenes was associated with withdrawn symptoms in complex trauma-exposed children. Children exposed to a complex trauma show an abnormal attention to threatening social situations, which can trigger maladaptive behaviors such as withdrawn. The understanding of how complex trauma-exposed children process affective environmental information may provide new targets in the social skills interventions such as diminishing maladaptive behaviors and improving coping strategies to face threatening situations.
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