I am attempting to find literature regarding cognitive or functional tests in which at least one of the measured variables significantly correlates with participants with a history of childhood sexual abuse as compared to control groups.
An example may involve a computerized task with a GSR component used to identify differences in emotional responses either during a task or upon the presentation of a stimulus. Another potential model could involve a variant of the IAT design and is used to identify differences in response times for some context.
I have not yet started research in this area, but I am hoping to uncover some information that I may be able to relate to the current project that I am working on. That being said, I am open to a wide variety of reading suggestions.
Quick note: the above examples were just the first two ideas that came to mind and by no means are they intended to serve as constraints on the types of design I am looking for. Feel free to provide any information or resources that you may find relevant, regardless of methodological approach.
Thanks guys!!
Stress profiling based on a number of measures of autonomic responsively/reactivity should be helpful here. This might include, in addition to GSR, finger temperature, Electromyography, Heart Rate Variability, blood pulse volume. Discrepancy in the measures may indicate entry into dissociative states. Exaggerated startle response may also point to a trauma history.
We have found a neuromarker (abnormal theta distributions of BA41,42,22 combined together) which is sensitive but not specific to QEEG for childhood sexual abuse. We also have a neuromarker for PTSD and developmental trauma which helps disambiguate this. A neuromarker with specificity for CSA is not yet been definitively identified.
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