David Finkelhor, Heather Turner, Deirdre Colburn, Kimberly J Mitchell
{"title":"Persisting concerns about image exposure among survivors of image-based sexual exploitation and abuse in childhood.","authors":"David Finkelhor, Heather Turner, Deirdre Colburn, Kimberly J Mitchell","doi":"10.1037/tra0001815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001815","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Among survivors of image-based sexual exploitation and abuse, how many experienced persisting concerns about others encountering their sexual images?</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Online self-administered questionnaire was used. A sample of 189 unique incidents of image-based sexual abuse or exploitation in childhood from 154 respondents ages 18-28 were gathered in a follow-up study to a previous national online survey about technology-facilitated abuse.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-six percent of the episodes generated high levels of persisting concern about possible unwanted exposure from the online availability of images. Among those who knew their image was publicly posted, 86% reported high levels of concern, but among the survivors confident that the images were not available online, only 7% had high levels of concern. There was also greater concern about exposure among survivors who experienced the abuse incident within the last 3 years. Abuse at the hands of other juveniles resulted in a similar level of concern as abuse by adults.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study highlights that some survivors of sexual image exploitation and abuse have persistent concerns about further image exposure to other audiences. Survivors with lower levels of persistent concern are typically those who do not believe the images are available online. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20982,"journal":{"name":"Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The contribution of facial recognition technology to wrongful arrests and trauma.","authors":"Amanda Nicholson Bergold, Margaret Bull Kovera","doi":"10.1037/tra0001783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001783","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>When a crime is captured on video, law enforcement agencies increasingly have used facial recognition technology (FRT) to generate suspects to investigate. However, there are increasing examples of people who have been wrongfully arrested based because of the inaccurate results returned from these artificial intelligence-assisted searches of facial databases, despite very low error rates in the accuracy of these systems.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We discuss the reliability of the evidence provided by a match returned by FRT, propose a framework for identifying potential problems with the use of FRT in criminal investigations, and review the research on the general trauma that comes from justice system involvement, trauma that is compounded by wrongful arrest and conviction. We also provide an analysis of how database size affects the evidentiary value of the matches returned by FRT.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Variables like facial database size, race of the culprit, and quality of the probe photo can increase the likelihood that FRT systems will return false positive matches.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The use of FRT for developing suspects in criminal investigations is likely to exacerbate the already profound racial disparities in the outcomes produced by the criminal legal system and increase trauma experienced by those who are wrongfully arrested or convicted. We recommend extreme caution surrounding its use. In addition, we call for more research on the trauma associated with wrongful arrest, which is likely to occur with the current use of FRT. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20982,"journal":{"name":"Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kayley D Estes, Dana Rose Garfin, E Alison Holman, Roxane Cohen Silver
{"title":"Consuming hurricane-related media: The protective role of perceived trust.","authors":"Kayley D Estes, Dana Rose Garfin, E Alison Holman, Roxane Cohen Silver","doi":"10.1037/tra0001802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001802","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We examined whether perceived trust in media was associated with post-Hurricane Harvey traumatic stress symptoms and tested whether it buffered the association between hurricane-related media exposure and post-Hurricane Harvey traumatic stress symptoms.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A probability-based, representative sample of Texas residents, drawn from the GfK KnowledgePanel, were surveyed online three times: 2 weeks (<i>N</i> = 1,137), 6 weeks (<i>N</i> = 1,023), and 14 months (<i>N</i> = 748) after Hurricane Harvey (a Category 4 storm) made landfall in 2017. Measures included traumatic stress symptoms, Hurricane Harvey-related media exposure, perceived trust in that media, Hurricane Harvey exposures, and demographics. Generalized estimating equations were used to evaluate longitudinal relationships.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among participants reporting high perceived trust in the early Hurricane Harvey-related media they consumed, the relationship between average daily hours of hurricane-related media exposure (reported 2 weeks postlandfall) and traumatic stress symptoms (reported at each wave of data collection) was weaker than for those who perceived low trust in hurricane-related media at both 6 weeks (β = -0.35, 95% CI [-0.58, -0.13], <i>p</i> = .002) and 14 months (β = -0.45, 95% CI [-0.70, -0.19], <i>p</i> = .001) postlandfall.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings suggest that perceived trust in media may protect against traumatic stress symptoms associated with early media exposure when disaster strikes. Longitudinally, we show that these findings are consistent over time: Trust in disaster-related media coverage was associated with lower traumatic stress symptoms up to 14 months later among Texans who consumed high daily amounts of Hurricane Harvey-related news. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20982,"journal":{"name":"Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shahar Zaguri-Vittenberg, Anat Golos, Jennifer Budman
{"title":"Participation in health-promoting activities of mothers of young children post-man-made disaster caused by terrorist attack.","authors":"Shahar Zaguri-Vittenberg, Anat Golos, Jennifer Budman","doi":"10.1037/tra0001824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001824","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Global disasters' rising toll on participation in health-promoting activities (HPA) has been observed, especially for mothers with young children, who may face unique challenges postdisaster. This brief report examined perceived changes in participation in HPA and its supportive factors as perceived by mothers, following a terrorist attack disaster.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Two hundred one mothers (age range = 20-58) of young children up to 12 years completed an online survey including sociodemographic data, exposure to disaster characteristics, participation in HPA, and social support measures. They also responded to an open-ended question regarding factors supporting their health needs and ability to participate in daily activities 1 month postdisaster.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most of the mothers who completed the survey reported decreased participation in HPA postdisaster. Disaster exposure correlated with perceived reductions in frequency and competence of participation. Social support moderated the effect of disaster exposure on reduced competence. Descriptive analysis revealed four themes: consequences of disaster exposure, external resources, life-role overload, and adaptive thinking to the situation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Mothers with young children face postdisaster challenges impacting their HPA. Social support may serve as a protective factor, mitigating negative consequences of disaster exposure on perceived competence in participation. Results emphasize that interventions targeting maternal health postdisasters, highlighting the importance of social support, are imperative. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20982,"journal":{"name":"Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zijuan Ma, Dongfang Wang, Xiao-Yan Chen, Yanqiang Tao, Fang Fan
{"title":"Revealing the potential causality of suicidal ideation and psychopathic symptoms among survivors 10 years after the Wenchuan earthquake using network analysis.","authors":"Zijuan Ma, Dongfang Wang, Xiao-Yan Chen, Yanqiang Tao, Fang Fan","doi":"10.1037/tra0001757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001757","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Little is known about the interactions and causal inference between psychopathic symptoms and suicidal ideation (SI) among earthquake survivors. Using a 10-year large cohort of Chinese adolescents exposed to the Wenchuan earthquake, this study aimed to structure networks of suicidal ideation and some specific symptoms of posttraumatic symptoms and depression among survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake to clarify the interactions and causality between these symptoms.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 684 survivors who completed surveys at 6 months and 10 years postearthquake and had one or above psychopathic symptoms were included in the analyses. Sociodemographic, posttraumatic stress symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation were measured at 6 months and/or 10 years postearthquake. Network analyses were performed based on R Version 4.1.3.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Gaussian graphical model network revealed that \"depressed mood\" had the highest expected influence value. In addition, the directed acyclic graph network revealed that anhedonia could affect \"depressed mood,\" which further leads to \"suicidal ideation.\"</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The pathway of \"anhedonia → depressed mood → suicidal ideation\" was a crucial psychopathic mechanism of suicidal ideation. It informs that intervening in anhedonia and depressed mood among earthquake-exposed survivors is necessary to potentially decrease the risk of future suicidal ideation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20982,"journal":{"name":"Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Morgan N Myers, A Solomon Kurz, Jasmyn Paul, Marcus G Wild, Sheila Frankfurt O'Brien
{"title":"Gender differences in reported potentially morally injurious events among post-9/11 U.S. combat veterans, using two measures.","authors":"Morgan N Myers, A Solomon Kurz, Jasmyn Paul, Marcus G Wild, Sheila Frankfurt O'Brien","doi":"10.1037/tra0001782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Military experiences that violate one's sense of right and wrong (i.e., potentially morally injurious events [PMIEs]) may result in moral injury, characterized by shame, guilt, demoralization, self-condemnation, and social withdrawal. The objective of this study was to examine gender-related differences in the rate of reporting PMIEs.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Secondary analyses were conducted on a previously collected longitudinal cohort study of postdeployment functioning among U.S. post-9/11 combat veterans in Central Texas (<i>N</i> = 406). As part of the parent study, participants completed two measures of PMIEs-the Moral Injury Events Scale (MIES; Nash et al., 2013) and the Moral Injury Questionnaire-Military Version (MIQ-M; Currier et al., 2015). Gender differences at the item response level were analyzed in a series of Bayesian multilevel item response theory models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most frequently endorsed responses on both the MIES and MIQ-M for both men and women were never or strongly disagree. On the MIQ-M, more veteran men endorsed experiencing PMIEs to some degree. On the MIES, more veteran women endorsed <i>strongly agree</i> to betrayal items.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Veteran men and women reported any PMIE occurring at relatively high rates. Gender differences at the item response level were found for most items on both the MIES and MIQ-M, albeit of small magnitude. Awareness of gender differences in the likelihood of experiencing a given PMIE may help inform clinical assessments and case conceptualizations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20982,"journal":{"name":"Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melissa Wasserman, Julian D Ford, Arlene Lu Steinberg
{"title":"Virtual support group initiative for mental health professionals in the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Melissa Wasserman, Julian D Ford, Arlene Lu Steinberg","doi":"10.1037/tra0001791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001791","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, mental health professionals have faced the challenge of helping their clients cope with pandemic-related distress on top of ongoing therapeutic issues. This article describes a telehealth-delivered peer/mutual support program for mental health professionals during the pandemic and the key themes identified by participants.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>An interdivisional American Psychological Association task force formed a working group to identify practical ways to provide mental health professionals with direct support during the pandemic. A mutual support program, the Clinician Support Collaborative, was initiated using virtual video technology. This article describes the program and themes that emerged, including the challenges and benefits of using virtual video technology to host mutual support meetings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mutual support meetings were conducted on a weekly basis in 2020 and 2021, with mental health professionals and trainees in the Americas, Australasia, and India participating. Key themes identified included the logistical, therapeutic, and privacy concerns participants faced when shifting to telehealth, professional isolation, compassion fatigue, moral injury, burnout, stigma, disparities, and the intersection of personal/family stressors and work stressors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Recommendations for future use of virtual video technology to provide mutual support by and for mental health professionals are provided. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20982,"journal":{"name":"Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of betrayal trauma on complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.","authors":"Christine Hujing, Matthew M Yalch","doi":"10.1037/tra0001649","DOIUrl":"10.1037/tra0001649","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (complex PTSD) is characterized by symptoms of PTSD combined with disturbance in self-organization and is distressing for many people who have experienced chronic and repetitive interpersonal trauma. Studies on the precursors to complex PTSD have thus far focused on the forms of trauma perpetrated rather than who perpetrated the trauma. Traumas that are associated with complex PTSD (i.e., chronic and repetitive interpersonal traumas) are often perpetrated by someone that is close to the victim and thus involve an element of betrayal. However, there is little research on whether traumas high in betrayal are more associated with complex PTSD symptoms than traumas lower in betrayal. The aim of this study is to examine the association between traumas with varying degrees of betrayal and complex PTSD symptoms.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We examined this association in a sample of adults (<i>N</i> = 364) recruited using Amazon's Mechanical Turk using a Bayesian approach to multiple regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results suggest that interpersonal traumas both with and without a component of betrayal were associated with complex PTSD symptoms for both women and men. We further found that for men, noninterpersonal trauma was also associated with complex PTSD symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Study findings highlight the role of interpersonal trauma on complex PTSD symptoms, especially for women. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20982,"journal":{"name":"Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy","volume":" ","pages":"1276-1280"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139472652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trauma symptom patterns in a large sample of military personnel outpatients: Differential relations to trauma exposure, depression, and anxiety symptoms.","authors":"Nina Spaegele, Tova Lewin, Anat Talmon","doi":"10.1037/tra0001597","DOIUrl":"10.1037/tra0001597","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) results from experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event and is the most common clinical syndrome seen in military personnel. However, each patient experiences the impact of trauma differently exhibiting individual patterns of trauma symptoms. The current study endeavors to investigate individual patterns of trauma symptoms in military personnel and specifically analyze potential linkage and/or relation between blast exposure, anxiety, and depression.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We employed a person-centered approach of latent class analysis (LCA) to stratify 594 military personnel outpatients based on their response patterns in the Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI). Then, we related the resulting clusters to the number of blasts to which they were exposed, as well as to depression (Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale) and anxiety symptom severity (Beck Anxiety Inventory) using one-way analyses of variance with Bonferroni pairwise comparisons.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found three distinct clusters of traumatic symptoms: (a) Atypical response with low overall symptom burden, (b) increased response level and arousal, and (c) severe trauma symptom burden with tension-reduction behaviors. Individuals in Cluster 2 were exposed to significantly more blasts than in Cluster 1. Moreover, individuals in Cluster 3 reported the highest depression and anxiety symptom severities, followed by Cluster 2, followed by Cluster 1.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results suggest heterogeneity among military personnel suffering from trauma and reveal their distinct relations to clinical comorbidities-emphasizing the role of person-centered, tailored approaches in clinical practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20982,"journal":{"name":"Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy","volume":" ","pages":"1290-1293"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41177905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predictors of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among Australian teachers.","authors":"Emily Berger, Deborah Nott","doi":"10.1037/tra0001573","DOIUrl":"10.1037/tra0001573","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Research on factors that predict compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue of teachers is limited. This study aimed to evaluate predictors of compassion fatigue (as defined by burnout and secondary traumatic stress) and compassion satisfaction of Australian teachers.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Three hundred and two teachers completed an online survey. It was hypothesized that teachers with prior experience with trauma-exposed students, a history of mental illness, and personal trauma history would show higher compassion fatigue. Older teachers, teachers previously exposed to trauma training, and teachers with higher perceived knowledge and confidence to manage student trauma were expected to show higher compassion satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Teachers with exposure to student trauma, a personal history of trauma, and a history of mental illness experienced higher compassion fatigue, while older teachers and those with higher perceived knowledge and confidence to deal with student trauma experienced higher compassion satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results indicate that professional development programs should include trauma-informed knowledge and skills for teachers to enhance their well-being when responding to trauma-exposed students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":20982,"journal":{"name":"Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy","volume":" ","pages":"1309-1318"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9964774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}