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Madison L. Straup; Kalyn Prothro; Abigail Sweatt; Jabeen F. Shamji; Sharon R. Jenkins – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024
Present-day college students are particularly impacted by the disconcerting effects of COVID-19 because of their vulnerability towards mental health struggles. The current study identified coping strategies used by students in the United States and how those strategies are associated with trauma-related distress. Results showed acceptance,…
Descriptors: College Students, Coping, Trauma, Stress Management
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Oskenbay, Fariza; Tolegenova, Aliya; Kalymbetova, Elmira; Chung, Man Cheung; Faizullina, Aida; Jakupov, Maksat – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This study explores psychological trauma as a reason for computer game addiction among adolescents. The findings of this study show that there is a connection between psychological trauma and computer game addiction. Some psychologists note that the main cause of any type of addiction derives from psychological trauma, and that finding such…
Descriptors: Trauma, Mental Health, Psychology, Computer Games
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Risler, Ed; Kintzle, Sara; Nackerud, Larry – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
For approximately 35 seconds on January 10, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the small Caribbean nation of Haiti. This research used a preexperimental one-shot posttest to examine the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and associated trauma symptomatology from the earthquake experienced by a sample of…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Trauma, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Foreign Countries
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Pfefferbaum, Betty; Tucker, Phebe; Jeon-Slaughter, Haekyung; Allen, James R.; Hammond, Donna R.; Whittlesey, Suzanne W.; Vinekar, Shreekumar S.; Feng, Yan – Death Studies, 2013
Trauma is thought to interfere with normal grief by superimposing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. This exploratory pilot study examined the association between traumatic grief and objectively measured physiological reactivity to a trauma interview in 13 children who lost relatives in the Oklahoma City bombing as well as a potential link…
Descriptors: Trauma, Terrorism, Coping, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Cole, Rachel; Hayes, Ben; Jones, Dan; Shah, Sonia – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2013
There is much literature on crisis support in schools but little on how school staff are affected. This research had two aims: to begin to explore the coping strategies used by school staff after a crisis event, and to investigate measures that might prove valuable for future research. Seven cases are presented using three measures: the WHO (Five)…
Descriptors: Coping, Trauma, Crisis Management, School Personnel
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Cyr, Mireille; McDuff, Pierre; Hebert, Martine – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2013
Maternal support offered to sexually abused children following disclosure may be a crucial factor in children's recovery. A person-centered approach was used to examine how profiles of nonoffending mothers could better describe their ability to support their children after disclosure. Cluster analyses based on a total of 226 nonoffending mothers…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Mothers, Profiles