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Showing 1 to 20 of 3409 for “"trauma"”.
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Innovative representations of trauma: trauma in popular culture
This thesis investigates the representation of trauma in late twentieth- and early twenty-first century popular culture. Dominant cultural trauma theory tends to focus on high cultural avant-garde works. However, more recent studies increasingly examine trauma representation in popular culture. …
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Trauma and Restoration: A Theology of Trauma Engaging Herman Bavinck
In this dissertation, I provide a theology of trauma engaging Herman Bavinck and argue that his holistic theological anthropology provides an orthodox framework for understanding trauma’s devastating effects on the whole human individual. Much of the literature on the interface of trauma and …
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Suffering and survival: considering trauma, trauma studies and living on
Referring to the academic phenomenon of 'Trauma Studies', this thesis argues that if it is possible to 'speak about and speak through‘ trauma (Caruth, 1996), such a double operation can only occur through a writing which, paradoxically, touches on what exceeds it. To structure this argument, the …
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Evaluating Trauma-Informed Educational Practices With Trauma-Exposed, Female Students
<p>Youth who have experienced psychological trauma, such as court-involved youth, encounter unique challenges and barriers to their academic success (Burley & Halpern, 2001; Courtney et al., 2001; Courtney, Terao & Bost, 2004; Pecora et al., 2005). For court-involved students, many of whom come …
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Descriptions of Childhood Trauma, Effects of the Trauma, and How Adults Moved Through the Trauma to Normalized Behavior
… not able to overcome the effects of childhood trauma often waste their human potential on substance abuse and illegal and illicit lifestyles; they end up in prison, uneducated, or develop self-destructive behavior. They often struggle with poor learning and social skills and are not able to be …
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Effectiveness of the Trauma Practice Approach for Adults in Trauma Treatment
… therapeutic outcomes of a tri-phasic approach to trauma therapy, Trauma Practice (TP), in a community setting. TP creates a technique toolbox for clinicians, combining empirically supported cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-based techniques to be used throughout the different phases of therapy …
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Event Centrality After Trauma: Stability, Trauma Type, And Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
<p>In order to better understand posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and PTSD’s etiology, researchers have begun examining whether PTSD symptoms are related to the centrality of the traumatic event (i.e., whether the trauma is central to the individual’s life story and changes the way he …
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Childhood trauma and trauma-informed care in early intervention in psychosis
This doctoral thesis explores the integration of Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) within Mental Health Services (MHS) and examines the prevalence and impact of childhood trauma in individuals experiencing First-Episode Psychosis (FEP). Through a systematic review, the research identifies core principles …
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Biology Through the Lens of Trauma: An Empirical Review of Trauma Treatments
… to practice gap for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Biological mechanisms of the stress response system are explored as they pertain to trauma and its subsequent effects on the brain and body. In addition, American Psychological Association (APA) recommended …
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Penetrating Abdominal Trauma: Spectrum of disease in a Level 1 Trauma Centre
Background: Penetrating abdominal trauma (PAT) in South Africa represents a significant burden of disease. The current global trend has seen management shift towards selective conservatism. The purpose of this study is to describe the presentation, management and outcomes of PAT in a level I trauma …
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A WALK THROUGH TRAUMA
… describes my journey through layers of personal trauma by the physical act of walking. The thesis begins by exploring the personal trauma connected to the closure of my alma mater but moves into sifting through layers of childhood trauma. The thesis is broken into sections that move back and …
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Trauma and the PhD
… it is a story of survival and of perseverance. Trauma touches almost every person in some way. War, sexual abuse, physical and emotional abuse, death, and difficult life events color how we make sense of the world. Trauma may happen in one blinding moment or slowly eat away at us for years. …
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Listening to trauma: Therapists' countertransference and long-term effects related to trauma work
Contains fulltext : 76695.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Childhood Trauma, Self-Esteem, and Helping Behaviors: Does History of Trauma Predict Helping?
… 2007). Individuals with a history of childhood trauma are more likely to report low self-esteem than those with no history of childhood trauma (Valerio & Lepper, 2009); also, those with a history of trauma are more likely to help others (Frazier, Greer, Gabrielsen, Tennen, Park, & Tomlich, …
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Parent Trauma History and Parenting Style: Relation to Child Trauma and Child Psychopathology
… to further explore the relations between parent trauma, parenting behavior, child trauma, and child adjustment. The sample included 358 children (191 boys and 167 girls) and their primary caregiver (48 fathers and 310 mothers). The children's ages ranged from 10 to 17 with an average age of 13. …
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Risk Factors for Military Sexual Trauma: Pre-Military Trauma, Psychological Adjustment, Combat Exposure, and Alcohol Use at the Time of the Trauma
<p>Military sexual trauma (MST) is a serious and understudied problem in the military. It may be a particularly important problem for women who have experienced pre-military trauma (i.e., childhood physical or sexual abuse). This study examined the role that premilitary trauma plays in the …
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Injury Patterns Associated with Shock in Pediatric Trauma Patients: A National Trauma Database Review
Initial trauma resuscitation of all ages involves rapidly evaluating and treating immediate life-threatening injuries for the purposes of preventing the development shock, or a state of poor tissue oxygenation. According to current guidelines published by the American College of Surgeons, Committee …
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Trauma Begetting Trauma: Fukú, Masks, and Implicit Forgiveness in the Works of Junot Díaz
… publishing “The Silence: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma,” and the subsequent accusations of abuse against him, it seemed irresponsible to examine the text in such a way without considering this new information. It was both more topical and relevant to re-examine the portrayal of Díaz’s recurring …
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