Attachment Styles and Biopsychosocial Factors in French Military Personnel With and Without Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Including Effects of Reassuring Primers on Emotional Contagion

What This Trial Is About

This research aims to understand how social interactions and emotional responses are affected in military personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD. PTSD is a mental health condition triggered by experiencing traumatic events, leading to symptoms like mood and cognitive issues, avoidance behaviors, hypervigilance, anger, flashbacks, and nightmares. In military populations, PTSD can become chronic and severely impact social functioning and quality of life, making recovery challenging. The study compares two groups military personnel or veterans diagnosed with PTSD related to their duties, and military personnel currently on active duty without PTSD. Researchers will explore attachment styles and social cognition processes, alongside biological, psychosocial, and physiological factors that might influence the risk or persistence of PTSD. The study also examines how reassuring or security-boosting experiences affect emotional contagion abilities in these groups. Participants will provide information at baseline to characterize attachment styles and other psychological factors. The study involves questionnaires and assessments related to social and emotional functioning. Researchers will analyze these data to better understand the differences between groups and identify factors that may contribute to PTSD symptoms and social difficulties. The total participation time and follow-up details are not specified.

Attachment and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Personnel: Characterization of the French Military Population, Exploration of Biopsychosocial Factors, and Study of the Impact of Security Priming on Emotional Contagion Capacities