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Effect of Cognitive Processing Style on Attentional Blink during Analogue Trauma: Ye Ji Son, Yun-Kyeung Choi; STRESS. 2024;32(1):38-45. Published online March 28, 2024; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17547/kjsr.2024.32.1.38

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This study attempted to examine the impact of each cognitive processing style (bottom-up, top-down) on attention patterns following a traumatic experience by measuring attentional blink (AB).
Methods
Participants were 37 university students with no direct experience of traffic accidents. They were randomly assigned to either a single-task (bottom-up processing) group or a dual-task (top-down processing) group, who performed the Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) after watching an analogue trauma video. The correct response rate to target stimuli was then compared between groups based on stimulus type and stimulus presentation interval.
Results
In the dual-task group, no significant differences were found. However, in the single-task group, a trend towards a decrease in the correct response rate to the target stimulus was observed 200 ms after the presentation of the traumatic stimulus (i.e., AB).
Conclusions
This tendency can be explained by the phenomenon of automatic attentional capture by traumatic stimuli, suggesting a relationship between bottom-up processing and attentional bias.

Efficacy of a Serious Game for Individuals with Interpersonal Trauma: Hyae Young Yoon, Sang-Hyun Cho, Yun-Kyeung Choi; STRESS. 2023;31(4):205-219. Published online December 28, 2023; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17547/kjsr.2023.31.4.205

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This study aimed to develop a serious game for college students with interpersonal trauma to practice adopting an alternative perspective mentoring a game character with similar experiences.
Methods
We recruited 44 college students with high levels of distress after experiencing interpersonal trauma. They were assigned to either the serious game+relaxation training (SG+RX, n=22) or the virtual reality+relaxation training condition (VR+RX, n=22). Cognitive, emotional, and self-efficacy aspects related to trauma were compared in both groups before and after treatment. In addition, interpersonal perceptions of "warmth, dominance, trust, and accessibility" for facial expressions of happiness, anger, and neutrality were compared in both groups before and after treatment.
Results
Both groups showed positive changes in relaxation, post-traumatic cognition, and post-traumatic emotion after treatment. The SG+RX group showed greater increases in behavioral competence and confidence in the future and rated accessibility to angry/happy facial expressions higher than the VR+RX group.
Conclusions
These findings suggest that an interactive serious game promoting empathy, coping skills, and an alternative perspective effects positive changes for individuals with interpersonal trauma.

The Effect of Threatening Stimuli on Attentional Blink: Yunjung Kwon, Yunkyeung Choi; STRESS. 2022;30(4):268-276. Published online December 30, 2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17547/kjsr.2022.30.4.268

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Background
This study aimed to identify the effect of momentary Attentional Blink (AB) in temporarily stressful situations to reveal the relationship between emotion and attention after a traumatic experience.
Methods
Participants were 57 college students randomly assigned to either an experimental group (n=30) that watched news videos depicting disasters or a control group (n=27) that did not watch them. This was followed by the Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) task for both groups. AB appeared when T1 was a news threat stimulus for the experimental and control group; the shorter the presentation interval between T1 and T2, the stronger the AB. On the other hand, when news-neutral stimuli were presented in T1, the AB pattern between the groups changed. The AB pattern appeared regardless of the type of word presented to the control group in T1; however, in the experimental group, the AB pattern appeared only when the news-neutral word was presented in T1.
Results
The results suggest that AB appears when T1 is a traumatic stimulus. However, when T1 is a conditioned traumatic stimulus, the AB pattern varies depending on whether the participant watched the disaster video.
Conclusions
Our results expand on existing studies by confirming the AB effect in trauma-related neutral stimuli and trauma stimuli.

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Effect of Cognitive Processing Style on Attentional Blink during Analogue Trauma
Ye Ji Son, Yun-Kyeung Choi
STRESS.2024; 32(1): 38. CrossRef

Pathways to Collective Emotions: Proximity, Media Exposure, Initial Reactions and Appraisal following the Sewol Ferry Disaster: Young Ae Kim, Bu Jong Kim, Yun Kyeung Choi; STRESS. 2018;26(1):68-75. Published online March 31, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17547/kjsr.2018.26.1.68

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The purpose of the present study was to explore the impacts of proximity, media exposure, initial reactions and appraisal on ‘sorry feeling’ as trauma-related collective emotions.
Methods:
The data were collected from a sample of 2,009 respondents (552 males and 1,457 females) using an online survey during a week at a year after Sewol ferry disaster. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to specify from proximity and media exposure to collective emotions through initial reactions at peri-disaster period (T1) and appraisals at the 1st anniversary of the disaster (T2).
Results:
The results showed that the proximity, amounts of media exposure (T1 and T2) and initial reactions (T1) influenced collective emotions through the appraisals at T2.
Conclusions:
These results were discussed in terms of moral injury and collective emotions. Limitation of this study and directions of future research were suggested.

Lessons from the Experiences of Volunteers at the Sewol Ferry Disaster: Sang Min Shim, Hyae Young Yoon, Yun Kyeung Choi; STRESS. 2017;25(2):105-119. Published online June 30, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17547/kjsr.2017.25.2.105

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The first step in disaster response is preparation, and education and training of workforce are considered as important elements of preparedness. The purpose of this study was to identify the needs of volunteers by exploring service experiences after a disaster to develop volunteer education programs.

Methods:

Participants were 11 volunteers who had supported the victims’families during about 1 year after the Sewol ferry disaster. Focus group interviews were conducted to investigate the experience of volunteer at the levels of individual, within-team and between-teams, and to discover the need of further training.

Results:

The results showed that the needs for self- and team-care and advanced education were reported.

Conclusions:

These results were discussed in terms of development of competence and mental health needs disaster volunteers. Limitations of this study and directions of future research were suggested.

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Krzysztof Goniewicz, Mariusz Goniewicz, Frederick M. Burkle, Amir Khorram-Manesh, Itamar Ashkenazi
PLOS ONE.2021; 16(1): e0244488. CrossRef
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Krzysztof Goniewicz, Mariusz Goniewicz, Anna Włoszczak-Szubzda, Frederick M. Burkle, Attila J. Hertelendy, Ahmed Al-Wathinani, Michael Sean Molloy, Amir Khorram-Manesh
BMC Public Health.2021;[Epub] CrossRef
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Hae-in Park, Sun-Woo Choi, Yun-kyeung Choi, Soo-hyun Park, Sung-eun You, Myung-jae Baik, Heeguk Kim, Jinhee Hyun, Jeong-Ho Seok
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association.2020; 59(2): 123. CrossRef
The Development and Validation of the Perceived Competence Scale for Disaster Mental Health Workforce
Hyae-young Yoon, Yun-Kyeung Choi
Psychiatry Investigation.2019; 16(11): 816. CrossRef

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