TraumatologyPub Date : 2024-03-14DOI: 10.1037/trm0000503
Lisa Compton, Taylor Patterson
{"title":"Absorption vulnerability: A new look at compassion fatigue.","authors":"Lisa Compton, Taylor Patterson","doi":"10.1037/trm0000503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000503","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53710,"journal":{"name":"Traumatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140243281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TraumatologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2020-02-27DOI: 10.1037/trm0000238
Zoe Blair-Andrews, Alison Salloum, Stephanie Evans, Vicky Phares, Eric A Storch
{"title":"Parental Descriptions of Childhood Avoidance Symptoms after Trauma.","authors":"Zoe Blair-Andrews, Alison Salloum, Stephanie Evans, Vicky Phares, Eric A Storch","doi":"10.1037/trm0000238","DOIUrl":"10.1037/trm0000238","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recognizing and diagnosing the avoidance symptom cluster of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young children has been challenging. This study examines caregivers' descriptions of young children's avoidance reactions. By describing parents' examples of childhood avoidance, clinicians, researchers, and educators may be able to provide more specific psychoeducation which may improve identification of avoidance behaviors in young children. Caregivers (N=73) of young children (age 3-7 years) participated in a semi-structured diagnostic clinical interview prior to enrolling in a clinical trial for childhood trauma. The assessment regarding the caregiver's description of the child's avoidance was audio recorded and transcribed for a thematic analysis. Most caregivers reported that the child experienced avoidance. Avoidance of conversation and places were the most reported type of child avoidance. Other types of avoidance included avoiding people, things, interpersonal situations, and activities. Some caregivers thought that their child avoided thoughts and feelings, but other caregivers were unsure if their child was avoiding these types of private experiences. Caregiver avoidance and non-avoidance also emerged as a main theme. Diagnosis for PTSD in young children relies on accurate symptom identification. Current results provide insight into how caregivers describe avoidant reactions in their children which may help professionals with accurate diagnoses, as well as help caregivers become better reporters themselves.</p>","PeriodicalId":53710,"journal":{"name":"Traumatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11134604/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90053053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TraumatologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1037/trm0000236
David L Albright, Justin McDaniel, Kelli Godfrey, Catherine Carlson, Kari L Fletcher, Kate Hendricks Thomas
{"title":"Intimate Partner Violence Among Service Members and Veterans: Differences by Sex and Rurality.","authors":"David L Albright, Justin McDaniel, Kelli Godfrey, Catherine Carlson, Kari L Fletcher, Kate Hendricks Thomas","doi":"10.1037/trm0000236","DOIUrl":"10.1037/trm0000236","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Among military service members and veterans (SMVs), factors unique to military service may contribute to an elevated risk of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. Although rurality has been established as a risk factor for IPV, differences in IPV victimization by rural- urban dwelling location, SMV status, and sex have not been explored. The purpose of this study was to estimate the rate of IPV victimization in rural and urban areas in the United States by SMV status and sex. We obtained Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data (BRFSS; <i>n</i> = 18,755); fit a mixed-effects, multilevel generalized linear model to the data for IPV victimization; and linked the model to U.S. Census Bureau population count data. We generated predicted estimates of IPV for SMVs and civilians separately by sex in rural and urban areas. The direct IPV victimization prevalence rate for the entire BRFSS sample was 16.90%. Substantial variation in model-based IPV prevalence was observed across subgroups. Female SMVs (rural = 23.54%, 95% confidence interval [CI] [17.33, 30.02]; urban = 23.34%, 95% CI [17.48, 30.17]) had higher IPV victimization rates than female civilians (rural = 14.55%, 95% CI [13.06, 16.37]; urban = 14.50%, 95% CI [13.19, 16.34]), whereas male civilians (rural = 8.06%, 95% CI [7.19, 9.08]; urban = 8.02%, 95% CI [7.27, 9.02]) had higher IPV victimization rates than male SMVs (rural = 7.21%, 95% CI [6.03, 8.47]; urban = 7.17%, 95% CI [6.00, 8.41]). Programming for preventing and assisting in recovering from IPV exposure should target rural-dwelling female SMVs.</p>","PeriodicalId":53710,"journal":{"name":"Traumatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11136475/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73894413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TraumatologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2020-02-27DOI: 10.1037/trm0000242
Colin T Mahoney, Danielle R Shayani, Katherine M Iverson
{"title":"Differential Indirect Effects of Military Sexual Trauma on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Clusters via Past-Year Intimate Partner Violence Experiences.","authors":"Colin T Mahoney, Danielle R Shayani, Katherine M Iverson","doi":"10.1037/trm0000242","DOIUrl":"10.1037/trm0000242","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Women who serve in the military are at high risk for experiencing military sexual trauma (MST) and intimate partner violence (IPV), both of which are associated with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To improve understanding of the psychological effects of experiencing multiple forms of interpersonal violence, it is important to identify the ways in which recent IPV experiences differentially increase the risk of specific PTSD symptom clusters for women with a history of MST. We aimed to identify if past-year IPV experiences mediate the relation between MST experiences and PTSD symptom clusters (i.e., intrusions, avoidance, negative alterations in cognitions/mood, hyperarousal) using structural equation modeling. A mail survey was administered to a sample of US female veterans at two time points 12 months apart. Among 198 participants, 108 women (54.5%) reported MST at Time 1, and 73 women (36.9%) reported IPV experiences in the past year at Time 2. PTSD symptom severity ranged from asymptomatic to beyond the diagnostic cutoff for a probable PTSD diagnosis. Past-year IPV experiences significantly mediated the association between MST history and PTSD avoidance symptoms, and MST history and PTSD negative alterations in cognitive/mood symptoms. No significant mediating effect was found for intrusion symptoms or hyperarousal symptoms. These findings can inform evidence-based practices for appropriate screening, assessment, detection, and intervention, including primary and secondary prevention efforts to instrumentally reduce future experiences of violence for female survivors of interpersonal violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":53710,"journal":{"name":"Traumatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11136477/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83620635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TraumatologyPub Date : 2024-02-26DOI: 10.1037/trm0000466
Maryann J. Gray, Matt J. Gray, Stephanie Amaya
{"title":"The psychological and emotional impact of unintentional killing: Moral injury in a civilian population.","authors":"Maryann J. Gray, Matt J. Gray, Stephanie Amaya","doi":"10.1037/trm0000466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000466","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53710,"journal":{"name":"Traumatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140431644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TraumatologyPub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1037/trm0000498
David Turgoose, Dominic Murphy
{"title":"Adverse childhood experiences in a clinical sample of U.K. military veterans.","authors":"David Turgoose, Dominic Murphy","doi":"10.1037/trm0000498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000498","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53710,"journal":{"name":"Traumatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140440832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TraumatologyPub Date : 2024-02-15DOI: 10.1037/trm0000499
Kayla Reed-Fitzke, A. Wojciak, Anthony J. Ferraro, E. Watters, Renée E. Wilkins-Clark
{"title":"The moderating role of resilience factors for at-risk U.S. army soldiers-in-training: An expansion of a person-centered approach to adverse childhood experiences.","authors":"Kayla Reed-Fitzke, A. Wojciak, Anthony J. Ferraro, E. Watters, Renée E. Wilkins-Clark","doi":"10.1037/trm0000499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000499","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53710,"journal":{"name":"Traumatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139835073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TraumatologyPub Date : 2024-02-15DOI: 10.1037/trm0000499
Kayla Reed-Fitzke, A. Wojciak, Anthony J. Ferraro, E. Watters, Renée E. Wilkins-Clark
{"title":"The moderating role of resilience factors for at-risk U.S. army soldiers-in-training: An expansion of a person-centered approach to adverse childhood experiences.","authors":"Kayla Reed-Fitzke, A. Wojciak, Anthony J. Ferraro, E. Watters, Renée E. Wilkins-Clark","doi":"10.1037/trm0000499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000499","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53710,"journal":{"name":"Traumatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139775209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TraumatologyPub Date : 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1037/trm0000497
Justin M. Preston, Sarah R. Lowe, Jean E. Rhodes
{"title":"Long-term courses of posttraumatic growth in survivors of Hurricane Katrina.","authors":"Justin M. Preston, Sarah R. Lowe, Jean E. Rhodes","doi":"10.1037/trm0000497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000497","url":null,"abstract":"Trauma survivors’ experiences of perceived posttraumatic growth (PTG) are thought to be dynamic, with levels varying over time. Although a small body of literature has examined PTG trajectories, key limitations include the lack of pre-event data and little consideration of the non-disaster-related resources and stressors experienced by survivors following the trauma event. The present study investigated factors associated with stability and shifts in PTG over the course of approximately 10 years in low-income, primarily Black mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina. Drawing on a multi-wave dataset that included pre-disaster data, three distinct courses of PTG were identified: (1) Consistently High PTG (31.6%); (2) Low and Decreasing PTG (38.3%); and (3) Increasing PTG (30.1%). A range of psychosocial resources, including survivors’ sense of purpose, neighborhood satisfaction, positive religious coping, and perceived social support, were associated with membership in these groups. Overall stressor scores were significantly associated with membership in the Low and Decreasing PTG course relative to either the Consistently High PTG or Increasing PTG courses. Additionally, those experiencing higher levels of financial instability experienced increased odds of membership in the Low and Decreasing PTG course relative to the Consistently High PTG course. Although more research is needed, the results suggest that PTG is a process that can be both facilitated and impeded by experiences and resources not associated with the initial traumatic event itself. This presents novel opportunities for clinical intervention and policies to better support survivors in experiencing growth in the wake of disaster.","PeriodicalId":53710,"journal":{"name":"Traumatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139793120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TraumatologyPub Date : 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1037/trm0000500
Nicole A Short, Mara L Ferrie, Andrew H. Rogers, Seema Patidar, Jessica L. Walton, Amanda M. Raines
{"title":"Associations between pain severity, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and substance use and related problems among trauma-exposed treatment-seeking veterans.","authors":"Nicole A Short, Mara L Ferrie, Andrew H. Rogers, Seema Patidar, Jessica L. Walton, Amanda M. Raines","doi":"10.1037/trm0000500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000500","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53710,"journal":{"name":"Traumatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139792854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}