Emotion Identification and Emotion Sensitivity Following Interpersonal and Noninterpersonal Traumatic Experiences: Results From the AURORA Study

Chloe C. Hudson; Lauren Rutter; Jutta Joormann; Eliza Passell; Rory M. Mckemey; Stacey L. House; Francesca L. Beaudoin; Xinming An; Jennifer S. Stevens; Thomas C. Neylan; Tanja Jovanovic; Sarah D. Linnstaedt; Scott L. Rauch; John P. Haran; Alan B. Storrow; Christopher Lewandowski; Paul I. Musey,; Phyllis L. Hendry; Sophia Sheikh; Christopher W. Jones; Brittany E. Punches; Lauren A. Hudak; Jose L. Pascual; Mark J. Seamon; Elizabeth M. Datner; Claire Pearson; David A. Peak; Roland C. Merchant; Robert M. Domeier; Niels K. Rathlev; Brian J. O’neil; Paulina Sergot; Leon D. Sanchez; Steven E. Bruce; Steven E. Harte; Ronald C. Kessler; Karestan C. Koenen; Samuel A. Mclean; Laura T. Germine

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Emotion Identification and Emotion Sensitivity Following Interpersonal and Noninterpersonal Traumatic Experiences: Results From the AURORA Study

Chloe C. Hudson
, Lauren Rutter
, Jutta Joormann
, Eliza Passell
, Rory M. Mckemey
, Stacey L. House
, Francesca L. Beaudoin
, Xinming An
, Jennifer S. Stevens
, Thomas C. Neylan
, Tanja Jovanovic
, Sarah D. Linnstaedt
, Scott L. Rauch
, John P. Haran
, Alan B. Storrow
, Christopher Lewandowski
, Paul I. Musey,
, Phyllis L. Hendry
, Sophia Sheikh
, Christopher W. Jones

Brittany E. Punches, Lauren A. Hudak, Jose L. Pascual, Mark J. Seamon, Elizabeth M. Datner, Claire Pearson, David A. Peak, Roland C. Merchant, Robert M. Domeier, Niels K. Rathlev, Brian J. O’neil, Paulina Sergot, Leon D. Sanchez, Steven E. Bruce, Steven E. Harte, Ronald C. Kessler, Karestan C. Koenen, Samuel A. Mclean, Laura T. Germine

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Social cognition is an important mechanism linking trauma to psychopathology; however, current models fail to explain individual differences in social cognition after trauma exposure. We investigated whether the interpersonal nature of trauma exposure helps to explain variability in social-cognitive outcomes. Our sample was derived from the AURORA study, a national initiative involving intensive follow-up of trauma survivors for 1 year. We analyzed data from 2,241 participants (age: M = 35.12 years; 64% female; 54% Black) who experienced an assault (n = 262) or a motor vehicle collision (n = 1,979). Social cognition was assessed with the Multiracial Emotion Identification Task and the Belmont Emotion Sensitivity Test. Overall emotion-identification accuracy declined over time among participants who experienced interpersonal trauma (β = −0.10, p = .03) but not noninterpersonal trauma (β = 0.00, p = .83). These results may help to enhance the prediction of psychopathological outcomes following trauma exposure.

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical Psychological Science
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026251356428
State	Accepted/In press - 2025

Keywords

affective processing
longitudinal methods
sexual abuse
social cognition
trauma

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Hudson, C. C., Rutter, L., Joormann, J., Passell, E., Mckemey, R. M., House, S. L., Beaudoin, F. L., An, X., Stevens, J. S., Neylan, T. C., Jovanovic, T., Linnstaedt, S. D., Rauch, S. L., Haran, J. P., Storrow, A. B., Lewandowski, C., Musey, P. I., Hendry, P. L., Sheikh, S., ... Germine, L. T. (Accepted/In press). Emotion Identification and Emotion Sensitivity Following Interpersonal and Noninterpersonal Traumatic Experiences: Results From the AURORA Study. Clinical Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026251356428

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