"Nothing really matters": emotional numbing as a link between trauma exposure and callousness in delinquent youth.

Posttrauma numbing of fear, detachment, and arousal predict delinquent behaviors in early adolescence.

This study elaborated on associations between youth's trauma-related emotional numbing across multiple affective domains (e.g., fear, sadness, happiness, anger) and delinquent behaviors. The study also examined whether the effects of posttrauma emotional numbing varied by the occurrence of posttrauma arousal symptoms. Participants were 123 middle school boys and girls from working-class, urban ...

A prospective test of the association between hyperarousal and emotional numbing in youth with a history of traumatic stress.

Investigated the hypothesis that emotional numbing may develop as a result of hyperarousal using a prospective design. Forty-two children between the ages of 7 and 14 with a history of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms were assessed with the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents (CAPS-CA; Nader et al., 1996) and were reassessed 1 year later. Resul...

Family Matters: Integrating Trauma Treatment into Functional Family Therapy for Traumatized Delinquent Youth

Social identity and youth aggressive and delinquent behaviors in a context of political violence.

The goal of the current study was to examine the moderating role of in-group social identity on relations between youth exposure to sectarian antisocial behavior in the community and aggressive behaviors. Participants included 770 mother-child dyads living in interfaced neighborhoods of Belfast. Youth answered questions about aggressive and delinquent behaviors as well as the extent to which th...

Running head: LIFE SATISFACTION, SOCIAL SUPPORT, EMOTIONAL NUMBING, AND TRAUMA 1 Life Satisfaction, Social Support, and Emotional Numbing in Relation to Past Trauma

Attempts have been made to identify factors that moderate the effects of trauma and are associated with higher ratings of life satisfaction among trauma-exposed individuals (Pruneau, 2009; Rapaport et al., 2005; Zatzick et al., 1997). This literature has produced much data on the moderating effects of social support in relation to trauma/PTSD symptoms, post-trauma impairment, and life satisfact...