Coping Style and Defence Mechanisms among Traumatized and Non-Traumatized Adolescents in Malaysia

Resilience and vulnerability among refugee children of traumatized and non-traumatized parents

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to explore resilience among refugee children whose parents had been traumatized and were suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). METHODS The study comprised 80 refugee children (40 boys and 40 girls, age range 6-17 yrs), divided into two groups. The test group consisted of 40 refugee children whose parents had been tortured in Iraq before comi...

The relative importance of needs among traumatized and non-traumatized samples

Typically, people rate enhancement needs as more important than security needs to their well-being. Two studies tested whether event valence and prior trauma moderate relative need importance. Traumatized (hurricane survivors) and non-traumatized (control) participants recalled the most ‘‘distressing’’ (security-relevant) or ‘‘satisfying’’ (enhancement-relevant) event they had recently experien...

Effects of Developmental Abuse and Symptom Suppression among Traumatized Veterans

While much of the research on military posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) focuses on warzone reactions, a burgeoning literature highlights complex relationships between childhood adversity and adult-onset PTSD. However, conceptual efforts to delineate the effects of childhood abuse on treatment trajectories for traumatized military veterans are lacking. This study compared trauma and psycholo...

Traumatized permanent incisors in children.

Moral Injury in Traumatized Refugees.