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Showing 1 to 20 of 146 for “"traumatic experiences"”.
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Mock Jurors' Recommended Sentences for Perpetrators who have Traumatic Experiences
… explores whether disclosure of the perpetrator’s traumatic childhood experiences has an influence on the severity of the sentence that mock jurors would recommend for that perpetrator. The mock jurors’ trait empathy, Belief in a Just World, and their own traumatic experiences were assessed to …
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Narrative inquiry into emergency medical services organizational culture and traumatic experiences
… years, high rates of suicidal behaviour and traumatic psychological injuries resulting in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) diagnosis have been documented amongst paramedics, both nationally and internationally. Past quantitative and mixed methods research have been utilized to understand …
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The effects of writing about traumatic experiences on adolescents identified as emotionally disturbed (ED)
… was to explore the effects of writing about traumatic experiences on adolescents identified as Emotionally Disturbed (ED). Adolescents identified as ED (N = 48) were randomly assigned to an experimental writing condition or a writing control condition. An additional group of subjects served …
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Retrospective Descriptions of Relational Behaviors That Negatively Influenced Perinatal Perceptions During Traumatic Experiences Among Cesarean Birth Women
… and physical impacts on women, some of which are traumatic. However, past research has indicated that: 1) not all women who have cesarean deliveries are traumatized, and 2) that the cesarean delivery experience may not be universal for all women.<br> The purpose of this study was to identify …
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Mažų vaikų trauminių patirčių ir psichosocialinių sunkumų sąsajos /
The prevalence of traumatic experiences in early childhood and its impact on children's psychosocial functioning is a serious mental health problem (Harris, Putnam & Fairbank, 2006). However, much of the information on traumatic experiences in childhood comes from retrospective studies conducted …
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Understanding the potential effects of trauma on refugees’ language learning processes
… from their homes, often through compounded traumatic experiences. Many of these refugees have resettled in foreign countries where they are forced to quickly learn a new language in order to survive in their new home. As teachers of English in the USA seek to assist refugees in adult …
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An explorative study of the perceptions of social workers who are exposed to work-related, secondary traumatic experiences through their clientele, of the psychosocial support Equine Assisted Therapy (E.A.T) could provide
… the social workers may have developed Secondary Traumatic Stress (S.T.S.) symptoms. Psychosocial support functions as a preventative and supportive tool for social workers and emotion-focussed programmes have beneficial effects on the psychosocial wellbeing of social workers by reducing their …
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Community Building in the Classroom to Support Students Dealing with Trauma
… enter school each day carrying the effects of traumatic experiences with them and many times teachers are the ones given the daunting task of supporting these students. Some schools lack the ability to provide counseling to students, but many schools have been able to adopt special programs to …
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The Relationship Between Trauma, Acculturation, and Mental Health Symptoms in a Somali Refugee Community
… about mental health needs and pre-migration experiences that led to resettlement. The purpose of this study was to learn more about traumatic experiences incurred pre-migration for Somali refugees, the impact on the process of acculturation following resettlement, and the relationship between …
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The Words. Or Holes. Or Both: Writing as an Integrative Methodology for Trauma
… methods authors have used to integrate their traumatic experiences. My work will analyze the genre of War Literature and specific authors like J.R.R. Tolkien and Kurt Vonnegut to explore the way writers describe the trauma of combat. Using insights from neuroscience and psychology, I will …
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Flucht, Vertreibung, Heimatverlust – eine deutsche Leidenserfahrung und ein schwieriger Balanceakt
… identity as well as memory and remembering of traumatic experiences. This work looks at how these issues are being handled and depicted in two documentaries, "Flucht und Vertreibung" (1981) and "Die grosse Flucht" (2001).
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Examining the Impact of Childhood Adverse Experiences on Adulthood Health Related Quality of Life
The Purpose of this study was to investigate how traumatic experiences in childhood impact adulthood Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among women experiencing homelessness. HRQoL was determined to be an important variable for this study as it allows an individual to report subjective …
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Effects of Writing About Trauma and Best Possible Future Self on Health and Mood
… beneficial effects of writing about stressful experiences on health; however, negative emotional experiences associated with the writing task have also been reported in these studies. Recently, King (2001) introduced the Best Possible Future Self (BPS) as a writing topic and reported that …
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Because we are kaffirs with short hair : a study of embedded trauma and repetition in a community based organisation
… closure. This seemed to have re-evoked earlier traumatic experiences for the community health workers and resulted in a multi-layered response from them, which manifested itself in the discussions in the staff support group.
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Collective Woundedness: Exploring intergenerational trauma and healing in Barbara Boswell’s Grace, Mohale Mashigo’s The Yearning and Kopano Matlwa’s Period Pain
… (TRC) and entailed victims detailing their traumatic experiences. It was an opportunity for the country and indeed the world, to bear witness to the victims’ trauma inflicted by the oppressive system of apartheid. However not all stories were heard at the TRC. In this study, I explore …
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Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies for ELL SLIFE
… social emotion al challenges due to their prior traumatic experiences. Through a culturally responsive teaching approach, the highest possible learning outcomes are feasible. Actionable practices and resources can be implemented by educators to meet the needs of this population.
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Coming home: storytelling, place, and identity in N. Scott Momaday's House made of down and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
… them to return to their estranged homes. Traumatic experiences in the war have alienated these men to the point where they can no longer claim place, identity or self. The author analyzes the ways in which these men have become "un-homed" as well as the various forces that "home" them. …
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Stock
… farms, marketing and the consumer, my own traumatic experiences at various factory farms and processing plants, and the ways in which the production of was a means of dealing with this trauma, my experience of the manufacture of animal products. The document selectively identifies aspects …
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Homelessness: A qualitative genogram analysis of trauma and addictions
… of a generational history of the conditions of traumatic experiences and addictions during childhood and young adulthood, prior to becoming homeless. This study is not intended to show causal relationships between the two conditions of homelessness, rather, a prior pattern of the two conditions; …
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