Sentence completion test in combat veterans with and without PTSD: Preliminary findings

Matthew O. Kimble; Milissa L. Kaufman; Leah L. Leonard; Paul G. Nestor; David S. Riggs; Danny G. Kaloupek; Peter Bachrach

doi:10.1016/S0165-1781(02)00229-9

Sentence completion test in combat veterans with and without PTSD: Preliminary findings

Matthew O. Kimble
, Milissa L. Kaufman
, Leah L. Leonard
, Paul G. Nestor
, David S. Riggs
, Danny G. Kaloupek
, Peter Bachrach

Psychology

Boston University
Bangor University
University of Las Vegas

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Abstract

This study used a sentence completion task to assess semantic choice in combat veterans. Twenty-eight combat veterans with (n=14) and without (n=14) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) filled in the final word for 33 incomplete sentences after receiving a combat prime. The veterans with PTSD completed sentences with significantly more trauma-relevant final words than those without PTSD. Findings are interpreted with respect to current language models and information-processing theories of PTSD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	303-307
Number of pages	5
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	113
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1781(02)00229-9
State	Published - Dec 30 2002

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

Keywords

Hypervigilance
Information processing
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Semantic processing

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