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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"trauma literature"”.
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The Lived Experience of Trauma Counselor Supervisors
<p>Trauma is ubiquitous in our society, taking a costly toll on the physical and psychological well-being of individuals across all social strata, and creating an ever-increasing need for better understanding of how to help the victim survivors.</p> <p>The purpose of this current study addresses an …
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Women and sexual violence, paths to healing: resistance, rebellion, resilience and recovery
… their life span. The study explores the existing literature on trauma-based models of survival from sexual violence and finds that the prevailing view of the impact in the current trauma literature predicts a downward trajectory of distressing trauma-related symptomology. The aim of this research …
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Memory and Destruction: A Psychiatric Approach to Understanding Literary Depictions of Air Raids in World War II
… that this dissertation explores the bombing literature and their authors. Contrary to Sebald's assertions, the air raids have indeed been a topic of German literature and several narratives are discussed in the thesis (Nossack, Borchert, Ledig, Kluge, Kempowski, Forte). In addition, …
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Meaning making amongst South African survivors of violent crime
… South African crime survivors in relation to the traumatic event, and to see if existing international research on meaning making and posttraumatic growth (PTG) was relevant in the South African context. A qualitative multiple case study approach was employed. Semi structured interviews were …
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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Risk-taking, and Protective Factors
… on children. An outcome of recent interest in trauma literature is increased risk-taking behavior. I designed the current study to investigate the possible relationship between ACEs and risk-taking in children in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study funded by the NIH. …
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Psychological Outcomes in Asian and Asian American Survivors of the April 16th Shooting at Virginia Tech: Roles of Acculturation and Parental Overprotection
… health have been documented within the general trauma literature. Substantial research has also shown the Asian population to be a minority group especially vulnerable to negative psychological outcomes following trauma and stress. Acculturation has been studied extensively as a predictor of …
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Identifying Psychosocial Variables Related to Child and Adolescent Adjustment Following a Residential Fire: The Role of Appraisal, Coping, and Family Environment
The substantial emotional impact of trauma on children, adolescents and their caregivers has been amply documented within the general disaster literature. However, research addressing the specific psychological impact of residential fire on child and family functioning is still considered to be in …
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The Role of Collective Memory and Cultural Trauma in Arab American Identity Formation
In this thesis, I explore the cultural traumas and memories that shape Arab American identity in the US, and how such events influence their interactions and relationships with other Arab and non-Arab Americans. Drawing on memory and trauma literature, this study highlights the impact of collective …
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Aggregate Sexual Trauma Load, Quality of Life, and Psychiatric Comorbidity in Veterans with Military and Civilian Sexual Trauma
Over the last two decades, Military Sexual Trauma (MST) has received growing national attention. Among veterans, approximately 24% of women and 1% of men have experienced MST. Veterans with MST are particularly at-risk for a variety of mental health concerns, including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder …
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Black Minds Matter: A Phenomenological Inquiry Examining the Prevalence of Racial Trauma Among Black Doctoral Students
… the notion that racism can be experienced as a trauma is a newer theory. Racial trauma has been understudied and underappreciated, though it is a theory that clinicians should incorporate when working with Black clients and other clients of color. Exploring the ways in which Black doctoral …
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Posttraumatic stress and growth symptoms in parents of premature infants: The role of rumination type and social support.
… hospitalisation of the infant as a potentially traumatic experience for parents. There is also a growing interest within the trauma literature, of the potentially positive psychological changes that can occur following a traumatic experience, termed posttraumatic growth (PTG). The purpose of …
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Houses That Break: Representations of Trauma in The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
… (2019), with an aim to reveal the many ways that trauma is depicted in the novel. For my theoretical framework, I primarily use narratological methods introduced by Suzanne Keen (2007, 2008, 2015), Cathy Caruth’s work (1996) on literary trauma, and the findings of psychologist Judith Herman (2015) …
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Understanding identity and social change through narrative: withspecial reference to Roma Pentecostalism in Croatia and Serbia
… Prominent themes of suffering, hardship, and trauma emerge from their narratives, as well as Pentecostal claims of miraculous healing and tangible experiences with God. Interacting with both theology and trauma literature within the concept of ‘rupture’, the study provides insight into how …
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Media exposure to trauma, psychotherapy, and false memories : a recipe for disaster? : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand
… exposed to images of real-life violence and trauma. This issue, along with growing concerns about the inaccessibility of formal psychological therapy, raises questions about the demand for computer-delivered therapeutic interventions. However, previous research has raised concerns about the …
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Trauma, relational trust and the effects on the midwife : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Health and Social Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
… narrative research to explore the effects of a traumatic practice experience on the 16 midwives interviewed for this project. It is an investigation of relationships at play influenced by power games and their consequences creating conflict. The issues of partnership and autonomous midwifery …
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<i>Dredging Day </i>and a trauma-informed reading of <i>Whereas</i> by Layli Long Soldier
… chapter considers the work of contemporary trauma theorists to examine specific representations of land and body that builds a language of territorialization in the collection. In this emphasized reading on land representations, I argue that territorial formation is an active part of a …
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Who Died: Redefining the Elegy Through Affect and Trauma
<p>This project introduces the claim that death literature, specifically elegies and epitaphs, do not rely on set structure or content, but rather are poetic effects of trauma and affect. Both have been defined and redefined by critical scholars, but there is still a division about their use. The …
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Lack of Affirmative Consent: Trauma in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Interpreter of Maladies”
… and that Mina has thereby “experienced great trauma and suffered the unspeakable pain alone” (172). If Chiu’s reading contains some truth that Mina was raped, then Mina’s character, choices, and language would be highly effected by that event of trauma. This thesis uses literary trauma theory …