Trauma-related versus positive involuntary thoughts with and without meta-awareness

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dc.contributor.authorGreen, D.M.
dc.contributor.authorStrange, D.
dc.contributor.authorLindsay, D.S.
dc.contributor.authorTakarangi, M.K.T.
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractIn earlier work, we asked subjects to report involuntary thoughts relating to a trauma film and also probed subjects periodically. Subjects often reported involuntary thoughts in response to probes, suggesting they lacked meta-awareness of those thoughts. But it is possible that some or all probe-detected thoughts were continuations of thoughts subjects had spontaneously reported, leading us to overestimate involuntary thoughts lacking metaawareness. It is also unclear whether failures in meta-awareness occur for other emotional events. We exposed subjects to a negative or positive film. Subsequently, they reported involuntary film-related thoughts and responded to probes that distinguished new from continuing thoughts. Many (54%) but not all probe-caught thoughts were thought continuations. This result supports our earlier finding that people can lack meta-awareness for trauma-related thoughts, but suggests caution in how meta-awareness is assessed. We also found that self-caught negative and positive involuntary thoughts occurred at a similar frequency, with different characteristics.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityDeanne M. Green, Deryn Strange, D. Stephen Lindsay, Melanie K.T. Takarangi
dc.identifier.citationConsciousness and Cognition, 2016; 46:163-172
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.concog.2016.09.019
dc.identifier.issn1053-8100
dc.identifier.issn1090-2376
dc.identifier.orcidGreen, D.M. [0000-0003-2001-1930]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/133856
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140102661
dc.rights© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.09.019
dc.subjectEmotion; Intrusions; Mind-wandering; Meta-awareness
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshEmotions
dc.subject.meshAwareness
dc.subject.meshThinking
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshYoung Adult
dc.subject.meshMetacognition
dc.subject.meshPsychological Trauma
dc.titleTrauma-related versus positive involuntary thoughts with and without meta-awareness
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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