PMID- 17032092
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20061130
LR  - 20091111
IS  - 0022-006X (Print)
IS  - 0022-006X (Linking)
VI  - 74
IP  - 5
DP  - 2006 Oct
TI  - Neural correlates of posttraumatic growth after severe motor vehicle accidents.
PG  - 880-6
AB  - Frontal brain asymmetry has been associated with emotion- and motivation-related 
      constructs. The authors examined the relationship between frontal brain asymmetry 
      and subjective perception of posttraumatic growth (PTG) after severe motor 
      vehicle accidents (MVAs). Eighty-two survivors of MVAs completed self-report 
      measures of PTG, trait and state affect, and diagnostic interviews assessing 
      clinical status, and underwent measurement of resting electroencephalographic 
      activity. As predicted, increased relative left frontal activation was 
      significantly related to PTG, even when statistically controlling for 
      dispositional positive affect. The authors assume that approach-related 
      motivational tendencies associated with higher relative left frontal brain 
      activity may be involved in the process and outcome of PTG.
CI  - Copyright 2006 APA, all rights reserved.
FAU - Rabe, Sirko
AU  - Rabe S
AD  - Department of Biopsychology, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany. 
      rabe@biopsych.tu-dresden.de
FAU - Zollner, Tanja
AU  - Zollner T
FAU - Maercker, Andreas
AU  - Maercker A
FAU - Karl, Anke
AU  - Karl A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Consult Clin Psychol
JT  - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
JID - 0136553
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/*psychology/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Affect
MH  - Attitude
MH  - Brain/anatomy & histology/physiology
MH  - Electroencephalography
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/*epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Survivors/psychology/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2006/10/13 09:00
MHDA- 2006/12/09 09:00
CRDT- 2006/10/13 09:00
PHST- 2006/10/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/12/09 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/10/13 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 2006-13014-009 [pii]
AID - 10.1037/0022-006X.74.5.880 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Consult Clin Psychol. 2006 Oct;74(5):880-6. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.5.880.