OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of self-reported experiences of potential childhood traumas and polytraumatization, and to find cut-off values for different kinds of potential traumatic events in a national representative sample of adults in Sweden. In addition, to analyse the association between polytraumatization and both psychological distress and global s...

OBJECTIVE Unexpected death of a loved one is common and associated with subsequent elevations in symptoms of multiple forms of psychopathology. Determining whether this experience predicts novel onset of psychiatric disorders and whether these associations vary across the life course has important clinical implications. The authors examined associations of a loved one's unexpected death with fi...

Purpose: Research reveals that prenatal alcohol exposure and child trauma (i.e., abuse, neglect, sexual abuse) can have deleterious effects on child development acrossmultiple domains. This studyanalyzed the impact onchildhoodneurodevelopmentof prenatal alcohol exposure and postnatal traumatic experience compared to postnatal traumatic experience alone. Although the harmful effects of both have...

doI: 10.1037/14040-012 The Psychology of Meaning, Keith d. Markman, travis proulx, and Matthew J. lindberg (editors) copyright © 2013 by the american psychological association. all rights reserved. adversity is common. Most individuals will experience a personal tragedy in their lifetimes, whether it is a sudden unexpected loss, traumatic injury, or life-threatening illness (seery, Holman, & si...

The present study is a random, systematic study of 900 homeless subjects in St. Louis that describes violence in their lives, both in terms of victimization, by specific violent traumatic events, and victimizing with recognized aggressive behaviors. Many subjects had experienced a traumatic event, and post-traumatic stress disorder was very common. Substance abuse and other Axis I disorders wer...

This study investigates how unemployment, traumatic sexual experiences, substance use, intimate partner violence, and parental involvement collectively contribute to involvement with child protective system (CPS) and court-restricted access to children among low-income, ethnically diverse fathers. Participants were 164 fathers involved in a statewide fatherhood program. The majority of the fath...

Purpose: The present study utilizes a descriptive research design to investigate the moderating effect of resilience on relationship between experience traumatic events and turnover intention among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses.Methods: participants were 161 hospital nurses who voluntarily agreed participate in this study. Traumatic event experience, intention, assessed. data analyzed with h...