Written By Alexis Mitchell UNCC ‘18 Stressful events can predict increased emotional distress during the teenage years. Experiencing trauma early in life can affect cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and physiological growth (Ickovics et al.,2006). Despite the increasing attention directed towards posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), there is limited research on posttraumatic growth and adolescents. Posttraumatic growth (PTG) […]
Traumatized College Students
Written by Alexis Mitchell UNCC’18 College students are experiencing trauma and as a result are enduring negative psychological effects. In fact, certain events are causing college students to experience even greater symptoms of psychopathology (Vrana & Lauterbach, 1994). See College Students and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms for a previous blog post about the prevalence of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSD) in […]
Role of Searching for Meaning in Trauma and Nontrauma-Exposed Emerging Adults
Written By Alexis Mitchell UNCC ’18 The incidence of trauma during emerging adulthood (aged 18-25; Arnett, 2005) is 84%-90% (Woo & Brown, 2013). The exploration of roles, identity, and world views are developmental characteristics of emerging adults. These characteristics may be beneficial to a certain degree, however, they may also compromise an individual’s capacity to process and […]
Women, Trauma, and Prolonged Exposure
Written by Alexis Mitchell UNCC’ 18 Approximately 50% of all individuals will be exposed to one traumatic event in their lifetime. Notably, 8% of trauma survivors will develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Research indicates that women are twice as likely to develop PTSD, experience a longer duration of posttraumatic symptoms, and display more sensitivity to […]