Important research on the effects of trauma, abuse, and violence on children is published in the journal of aggressionmaltreatment, and trauma. The most up-to-date findings on how to stop abusive behavior and aid victims of abuse will be discussed. The goal of this article isn't just to tell you what this trauma-related journal is about, but it also shows you the most-read articles on their website. Here are just a few of the many possible research topics that you might want to consider:
- Child maltreatment and partner/spouse abuse
- Sexual harassment and assault
- Evaluation of victims and perpetrators
- Violence against women and pornography
- Aggression in the workplace or in the classroom
- Criminal and violent behavior
- Problems with forensics
- Penalty on the Hill
- Interpersonal aggression's biological foundations
- Preventing violence at home, school, work, or in the community
- Professional development programs
- Innovative treatment and model programs
- Children who have witnessed violence
- War and its consequences
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychological and emotional abuse
- Victimization
- The traumatic effects of aggression and assault
- Terrorism's Effects
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The authors of the study are Hilary B. Hodgdon, a Research Director at JRI and a Research Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice at Suffolk University in Boston, MA; Frank G. Anderson; Elizabeth Southwell, a Research Director at JRI in Brookline, MA; Wendy Hrubec, and Richard Schwartz.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a crippling condition, and being exposed to multiple types of childhood trauma increases the likelihood of co-occurring symptoms. The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate the efficacy of a novel intervention, Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, for the treatment of PTSD and associated symptoms and problems such as depression, dissociation, somatization, affect dysregulation, and disrupted self-perception (i.e., shame/guilt) in adults who have experienced multiple childhood traumas. Seventeen adults with PTSD and a historyof multiple childhood traumas took part in an uncontrolled IFS trial, receiving 16 90-minute IFS sessions and completing four evaluations (pre-, mid-, and post-treatment, as well as a 1-month follow-up) assessing PTSD symptoms and diagnosis, as well as multiple secondary outcomes (e.g., symptoms of depression, dissociation, and somatization; affect dysregulation; disrupted self-perception; interoceptive awareness; and self-compassion). Intention-to-treat analyses using multilevel growth curve modeling and effect size examination revealed significant decreases in PTSD symptoms (d = 4.46 and 3.05 as measured by the CAPS and DTS, respectively), associated PTSD features (e.g., total score on a measure of dissociation, somatization, affect dysregulation, self-perception; d = 1.27), and depression (d = 1.51) across the study period. Self-compassion had a medium effect size (d =.72) in the expected direction.
Multiple indicators of interoceptive awareness showed small to large effect sizes in the expected direction (d =.27-1.21). The results suggest that IFS is a promising way to treat PTSD in adults who went through a traumatic event as a child.
The preliminary findings support IFS as a promising treatment option for adults with a history of childhood trauma who have PTSD symptoms and clinical issues that are frequently linked to PTSD, such as depression and related PTSD features. IFS employs a comprehensive, mindful, and compassion-based approach to the treatment of traumatic sequelae, which may offer an alternative to interventions using cognitive and exposure-based techniques. In the future, more research is needed to look at the factors that affect and are affected by treatment, to compare IFS to other active treatments, and to gather more evidence for the treatment.
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- Rebecca L. Herona - She is researcher from the Department of Arts and Sciences, University of Houston-Victoria, Victoria, TX, USA and also in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
- Maarten Eisma - She is a researcher from the Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
- Kevin Brown - He is a researcher from the Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Despite the healthrisks, many women remain in abusive relationships. Domestic violence is most prevalent in ethnic minorities. Few people understand why ethnic minority members stay or leave. They investigated why domestic violence victims in the United Kingdom stayed in or left abusive relationships. Thematic analysis was used to look at 20 in-depth interviews with people who had been hurt by their intimate partners. Forty percent of the people interviewed were from ethnic minorities.
There were three reasons why women stayed. The first step was to make an investment, which included marriage, pregnancy, and family unity. Economic dependence, physical entrapment, social isolation, learned helplessness/coping mechanisms, and religious/cultural beliefs were all subthemes of entrapment.
Finally, there is love (no subthemes). They discovered three reasons why women left. Professional and informal subthemes received external support. Subthemes of mental healthand physical harm were included in the fear of harm. Third, the safety of children (no subthemes). Ethnic minority women stayed for a variety of reasons (i.e., religious beliefs). Domestic violence cost-benefit analyses are aided by themes. Victims of abusive relationships may benefit from cost-benefit analyses.
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The researchers are Seán Pellegrini, Philip Moore, and Mike Murphy from the School of Applied Psychology at University College Cork in Cork, Ireland.
The adverse effects that happen when a person hears about the traumatic experiences of another person include secondary trauma, which is also frequently referred to as secondary traumatic stress, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue. People in particular professions who frequently hear about traumatic events are more likely to experience these problems. The current systematic review's goal was to look into the frequency of and factors connected to these concepts in psychologists, who are one such group.
In order to conduct the review, the following databases were searched: PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Embase, MEDLINE, and Webof Science. Psychologists had to be licensed and actively engaged in therapeutic work in order to meet the inclusion criteria. For the narrative synthesis, eight articles were taken out. Although a single representative figure for this cohort could not be determined, the articles indicated that psychologists do not typically meet the clinical threshold for the various concepts of interest. Possible explanations are discussed.
This finding was reversed for psychologists who work directly with trauma, as difficulties caused by the concepts of interest were reported in this cohort. A key finding was the scarcity of research on this topic. The findings' limitations and implications are discussed.
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- Kathryn A. Wilsona - NHS Tayside Psychological Therapies Service, Dundee, UK.
- Kevin G. Powera - NHS Tayside Psychological Therapies Service, Dundee, UK; School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
- Louise Reida - NHS Tayside Psychological Therapies Service, Dundee, UK
- Kate Duncana - NHS Tayside Psychological Therapies Service, Dundee, UK
- Sarah Shanda - NHS Tayside Psychological Therapies Service, Dundee, UK
- Linda Grahama - NHS Tayside Psychological Therapies Service, Dundee, UK
There is little evidence for phase one, manualized group interventions to aid recovery from complex trauma and its symptomology. The current study sought to assess the efficacy of a 10-week psychoeducational program (Survive and Thrive) for adult survivors of interpersonal trauma. 199 people attended at least the first session of the course over a three-year period.
The Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (CORE-OM; Evans et al., 2000) was administered at each session, while the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5; Weathers et al., 2013), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Short (CERQ-short; Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006), and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Short Form
The last observation carried forward was used in the intent-to-treat analysis. Global distress (p2 = 0.14) and PTSD symptomology (p2 = 0.17) showed significant reductions from "pre" to "mid" to post-intervention. Several emotion regulation DERS-SF (p2 = 0.03-0.41; strategies, non-acceptance, goals, and clarity) and CERQ-short subscales (p2 = 0.02-0.06; self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, and positive re-focusing) subscales showed significant improvements.
There was no evidence of impulsivity, awareness, other blame, perspective, positive reappraisal, acceptance, or planning (p.05). This project adds to the preliminary evidence that Survive and Thrive is effective.
The Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma is a ten-times-per-year peer-reviewed academic journal that covers pertinent subject areas and also publishes thematic issues with guest editors.
The Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma accepts individual submissions in any of the relevant topic areas and also publishes thematic issues with guest editors who focus on a specific aspect of these topics. Assessment of victims and perpetrators; pornography and violence against women; child maltreatment and spouse/partner abuse; traumatic effects of aggression and assault; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; and a variety of other topics could be published.
Here are the current articles found in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma:
- "Do Attitudes Toward Violence Affect Violent Behavior?" This article is authored by Kevin L. Nunes, Chloe I. Pedneault & Chantal A. Hermann and published online last January 5.
- "Undergraduates’ Noncompliance with COVID-19 Regulations Is Associated with Lifetime Sexual Harassment Perpetration and Sexist Beliefs." Adams-Clark and Jennifer J. Freyd wrote this research study, which was published online on April 25.
- "Intergenerational Effect of Parental Childhood Maltreatment on Chinese Preschool Children’s Aggressive Behavior." This is written by Liying Zhang and published online last October 5.
Dr. Robert Geffner is the editor of the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, and the Journal of Child Custody. Please get in touch with the editor through the journal's official website if you're interested in submitting an article but aren't sure which journal it would be best suited for. All articles have been subjected to anonymous double-blind peer reviewin accordance with the peer review policy.