Table 2 Frequency of sensory-perceptual features, content and emotional themes in hotspots and intrusive memories.

From: Qualitative analysis of hotspots and intrusive memories after viewing an aversive film highlights their sensory and spatial features

 

Hotspots

Intrusive memories

n

%

n

%

Sensory features

Visual

333

98.8

289

97.6

Auditory

96

28.5

53

17.9

 Crying—screaming

71

21.1

31

10.5

Tactile

7

2.1

0

0

No sensory features

1

0.3

2

0.7

Content features

Content conveys threat

289

85.5

181

61.1

Any motion features

186

55.2

91

30.7

Body/biology

177

52.5

103

34.8

Imagined content

36

10.7

40

13.5

 Self-relevant

15

4.5

14

4.7

 Any

21

6.2

26

8.8

Cognitive and emotional themes

Cognition—any

6

1.8

5

1.7

 Uncertain threat

3

0.9

2

0.7

 General threat of injury/death

0

0

1

0.3

 Abandonment

0

0

1

0.3

 Esteem

1

0.3

0

0

Emotion—any

39

11.6

8

2.7

 Emotion—witnessed

37

11.0

7

2.4

 Emotion—experienced

2

0.6

1

0.3

 Fear

12

3.6

3

1.0

 Helplessness

15

4.5

3

1.0

 Sadness

5

1.5

1

0.3

 Horror

3

0.9

0

0

 Guilt

1

0.3

0

0

 Surprise

1

0.3

0

0

 Anger

1

0.3

2

0.7

  1. Analysis of hotspots data included 337 discrete hotspots recorded from 70 participants. Analysis of intrusive memories included 296 discrete intrusive memories from 37 participants (only intrusive memories reported by participants in the control group were analysed because the intervention group explored in the wider project the current data was collected in might have influenced intrusion data). Only emotional and cognitive themes identified in the dataset are presented here. For comparison, categories are presented in the same order as Hoppe et al.16.
  2. n = number of hotspots/intrusive memories with feature or theme.
  3. % = percentage of the total number of hotspots/intrusive memories with feature or theme.
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