Aspects of cognitive performance relating to Theory of Mind (ToM) among people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Fatma Dilara Altunbas,1 Baris Onen Unsalver,1 Alisan Burak Yasar21Uskudar University, Department of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey; 2Marmara University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul, TurkeyObjective: This study investigated Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities as measured by a hinting task an...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Altunbas FD, Onen Unsalver B, Yasar AB
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2019
Materias:	PTSD Theory of Mind ToM Trauma Trauma types Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/87325bd37c1d4e8782ba0aafe4c159f7
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:87325bd37c1d4e8782ba0aafe4c159f7
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:87325bd37c1d4e8782ba0aafe4c159f72021-12-02T00:39:00ZAspects of cognitive performance relating to Theory of Mind (ToM) among people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/87325bd37c1d4e8782ba0aafe4c159f72019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/aspects-of-cognitive-performance-relating-to-theory-of-mind-tom-among--peer-reviewed-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Fatma Dilara Altunbas,1 Baris Onen Unsalver,1 Alisan Burak Yasar21Uskudar University, Department of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey; 2Marmara University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul, TurkeyObjective: This study investigated Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities as measured by a hinting task and the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) in individuals diagnosed with post-traumatic strees disorder (PTSD) in relation to different types of childhood trauma and compared to a healthy control group.Method: RMET, a Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), a Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), a Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), a hinting task, and a socio-demographic questionnaire were administered to PTSD (n=30) patients and healthy controls (n=30).Results: There was a significant difference in ToM performance between healthy participants and the PTSD group (p<0.001). A significant correlation was found between trauma types and ToM performance (p<0.01). The diagnosis of PTSD and the severity of PTSD symptoms showed significant correlations with ToM performance (p<0.01). In comparison with the healthy control group, the PTSD group demonstrated lower performance on both ToM tasks. Regardless of the PTSD diagnosis, those people who had a history of childhood trauma had slowed reaction times in response to photographs representing emotionally salient mental states and demonstrated difficulties in the identification of irony/hints in the context of the administered assessment task.Conclusion: The findings of the present study suggest that a diagnosis of PTSD and a history of different types of trauma have an effect on ToM performance. PTSD seems to lead to deterioration in ToM capacities. This may mean that the experience of childhood adversity may lead to long-lasting damage to social cognition. The current study is helpful in that it contributes to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of PTSD; moreover, it will be beneficial in the development of new treatment options. Our research findings suggest that we must concentrate not only on traumatic events during the treatment process of PTSD follow-up and treatment; we must also target deficiencies in cognitive and emotional capabilities.Keywords: PTSD, Theory of Mind, ToM, trauma, trauma typesAltunbas FDOnen Unsalver BYasar ABDove Medical PressarticlePTSDTheory of MindToMTraumaTrauma typesNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol Volume 15, Pp 2015-2025 (2019)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	PTSD Theory of Mind ToM Trauma Trauma types Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
spellingShingle	PTSD Theory of Mind ToM Trauma Trauma types Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429 Altunbas FD Onen Unsalver B Yasar AB Aspects of cognitive performance relating to Theory of Mind (ToM) among people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
description	Fatma Dilara Altunbas,1 Baris Onen Unsalver,1 Alisan Burak Yasar21Uskudar University, Department of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey; 2Marmara University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul, TurkeyObjective: This study investigated Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities as measured by a hinting task and the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) in individuals diagnosed with post-traumatic strees disorder (PTSD) in relation to different types of childhood trauma and compared to a healthy control group.Method: RMET, a Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), a Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), a Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), a hinting task, and a socio-demographic questionnaire were administered to PTSD (n=30) patients and healthy controls (n=30).Results: There was a significant difference in ToM performance between healthy participants and the PTSD group (p<0.001). A significant correlation was found between trauma types and ToM performance (p<0.01). The diagnosis of PTSD and the severity of PTSD symptoms showed significant correlations with ToM performance (p<0.01). In comparison with the healthy control group, the PTSD group demonstrated lower performance on both ToM tasks. Regardless of the PTSD diagnosis, those people who had a history of childhood trauma had slowed reaction times in response to photographs representing emotionally salient mental states and demonstrated difficulties in the identification of irony/hints in the context of the administered assessment task.Conclusion: The findings of the present study suggest that a diagnosis of PTSD and a history of different types of trauma have an effect on ToM performance. PTSD seems to lead to deterioration in ToM capacities. This may mean that the experience of childhood adversity may lead to long-lasting damage to social cognition. The current study is helpful in that it contributes to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of PTSD; moreover, it will be beneficial in the development of new treatment options. Our research findings suggest that we must concentrate not only on traumatic events during the treatment process of PTSD follow-up and treatment; we must also target deficiencies in cognitive and emotional capabilities.Keywords: PTSD, Theory of Mind, ToM, trauma, trauma types
format	article
author	Altunbas FD Onen Unsalver B Yasar AB
author_facet	Altunbas FD Onen Unsalver B Yasar AB
author_sort	Altunbas FD
title	Aspects of cognitive performance relating to Theory of Mind (ToM) among people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
title_short	Aspects of cognitive performance relating to Theory of Mind (ToM) among people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
title_full	Aspects of cognitive performance relating to Theory of Mind (ToM) among people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
title_fullStr	Aspects of cognitive performance relating to Theory of Mind (ToM) among people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
title_full_unstemmed	Aspects of cognitive performance relating to Theory of Mind (ToM) among people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
title_sort	aspects of cognitive performance relating to theory of mind (tom) among people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/87325bd37c1d4e8782ba0aafe4c159f7
work_keys_str_mv	AT altunbasfd aspectsofcognitiveperformancerelatingtotheoryofmindtomamongpeoplediagnosedwithposttraumaticstressdisorderptsd AT onenunsalverb aspectsofcognitiveperformancerelatingtotheoryofmindtomamongpeoplediagnosedwithposttraumaticstressdisorderptsd AT yasarab aspectsofcognitiveperformancerelatingtotheoryofmindtomamongpeoplediagnosedwithposttraumaticstressdisorderptsd
_version_	1718403566654193664

Aspects of cognitive performance relating to Theory of Mind (ToM) among people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Ejemplares similares