The role of automatic defensive responses in the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms in police recruits: protocol of a prospective study

Background: Control over automatic tendencies is often compromised in challenging situations when people fall back on automatic defensive reactions, such as freeze–fight–flight responses. Stress-induced lack of control over automatic defensive responses constitutes a problem endemic to high-risk pro...

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Main Authors: Saskia B. J. Koch, Floris Klumpers, Wei Zhang, Mahur M. Hashemi, Reinoud Kaldewaij, Vanessa A. van Ast, Annika S. Smit, Karin Roelofs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1412226