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2025, Exemplaria Volume 37

This article, in a special issue of Exemplaria on Trauma published in 2025, examines the Early English lyrics, The Wanderer and The Grave, to show how trauma (in the modern definition of that phenomenon) functions in both poems. Working with Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Cathy Caruth on dreams, loss, and absence, this paper opens up new ways of seeing old poetry--especially in the light of the author's own aging, experiences of others' deaths, and changing responses to familiar texts taught through many decades.

2025

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

2025, The Neurobehavioral Architecture of the Mother–Child Bond: From Epigenetics to Emotional Resilience

Настоящата статия предлага интердисциплинарен и интегративен преглед на научните доказателства за ефекта на връзката майка-дете и проследява влиянието на майчината грижа върху мозъчната пластичност, афективната регулация, формирането на личностови черти, социалната компетентност върху цялостното развитие на детето-от пренаталния период до пълнолетие. Изхождайки от теорията за привързаността, съвременната невронаука и изследванията върху формирането на личността, се анализира как майчините грижи модулират стресовите системи, емоционалната регулация, структурите на идентичността и устойчивостта към психосоциални рискове. Включени са и препоръки за клинични интервенции и социални политики, особено в контекста на уязвими и фрагментирани семейства. Анализирана е също така ролята на контекста-самотно родителство, институционален натиск и хронични конфликти-като модериращи фактори. Връзката майка-дете се представя като системен биопсихосоциален капитал, чиято стабилност има дългосрочни последствия за психичното здраве, идентичността, социалната реализация на детето, но е и можещ икономически и социален фактор. Настоящата статия представя интегративен преглед на невробиологичното, емоционалното и поведенческото въздействие на връзката между майката и детето в периода от раждането до 18-годишна възраст. Изхождайки от теорията за привързаността, съвременната невронаука и изследванията върху формирането на личността, се анализира как майчините грижи модулират стресовите системи, емоционалната регулация и структурите на идентичността. Включени са и препоръки за клинични интервенции и социални политики, особено в контекста на уязвими и фрагментирани семейства.

2025, OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

Using a qualitative approach, this study aimed to examine the changing nature of death, dying and mourning among Muslims of Kashmir due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Telephonic Interviews were conducted with 17 participants, whose loved ones died after the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Kashmir. The findings of the study revealed that the deceased mostly died in isolation with no one around. Mourning the loss was also highly challenging with participants receiving less in-person support thus leading to mourning in isolation. The inability to perform last rites added yet another layer of grief which resulted in prolonged grief among the bereaved and impacted their overall wellbeing.

2025, Journal of Loss and Trauma

Her expertise is in the analysis of clinical trials, psychometrics, and longitudinal data analysis.

2025, Alterpresse

La vraie Histoire n'est pas écrite et ne le sera pas. Des intérêts de tous ordres, des préjugés, des parts-pris, le racisme et que sais-je, influenceront les historiens. (…) les blancs mentent aussi bien que les noirs. La vérité sur soi... more

2025, Frontiers in Psychology

IntroductionDrug-related deaths (DRDs) are a major public health challenge. Losing a child to a DRD can be a very stressful life event, which places parents at risk of mental and physical health problems. However, traumatic experiences like losing a child to DRD can paradoxically also lead to positive psychological changes. A mixed-method approach was used to understand the complexity of the phenomenon of post-traumatic growth experienced by parents following a DRD.MethodBy combining data from a survey (n = 89) and interviews (n = 14), we explored positive growth experiences among Norwegian parents. We conducted descriptive analyses of the sample’s demographic characteristics and mean scores for Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI-SF) items. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to examine the influence of the ability to perform daily activities (WSAS), self-efficacy (GSE-SF), social support (CSS), and symptoms of prolonged grief (PG-13) on the outcome variable of post-traumat...

2025, Annals of Internal Medicine

Background: In response to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Singapore raised its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition alert to "orange," the second highest level. Between 19 February and 13 March 2020, confirmed cases rose from 84 to 200 (34.2 per 1 000 000 population), with an increase in patients in critical condition from 4 to 11 (5.5%) and no reported deaths in Singapore (1). Understanding the psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak among health care workers is crucial in guiding policies and interventions to maintain their psychological well-being. Objective: We examined the psychological distress, depression, anxiety, and stress experienced by health care workers in Singapore in the midst of the outbreak, and compared these between medically and non-medically trained hospital personnel. Methods and Findings: From 19 February to 13 March 2020, health care workers from 2 major tertiary institutions in Singapore who were caring for patients with COVID-19 were invited to participate with a self-administered questionnaire. In addition to information on demographic characteristics and medical history (Table ), the questionnaire included the validated Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales (DASS-21) and the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) instrument (2, 3). Health care workers included "medical" (physicians, nurses) and "nonmedical" personnel (allied health professionals, pharmacists, technicians, administrators, clerical staff, and maintenance workers). The primary outcome was the prevalence of depression, stress, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among all health care workers (Table ). Secondary outcomes were comparison of the prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD, and mean DASS-21 and IES-R scores between medical and nonmedical health care workers. The Pearson 2 test and Student t test were used to compare categorical and continuous outcomes, respectively, between the 2 groups. Multivariable regression was used to adjust for the a priori defined confounders of age, sex, ethnicity, marital status, presence of comorbid conditions, and survey completion date.

2025, Журнал сучасної психології

У статті проаналізовано результати теоретичних і практичних напрацювань українських та закордонних учених і практиків щодо плекання посттравматичного зростання (ПТЗ) військовослужбовців ‒ учасників бойових дій і ветеранів у відновлювальний (реабілітаційний, реадаптаційний, реінтеграційний) період. Актуальність дослідження зумовлена необхідністю створення і впровадження тренінгових програм для військовослужбовців ‒ учасників бойових дій і ветеранів, які повертаються до умов мирного життя, щодо плекання у них позитивних психологічних змін у посттравмівний / постдосвідний період. Проведений теоретичний аналіз тренінгових програм ПТЗ, які проводяться в України (“Плем’я”) та США (“Warrior PATHH” ‒ “Шлях воїна”). Встановлено, що зазначені програми проводяться за принципом “рівний‒рівному” з елементами когнітивно-поведінкового, екзистенційного, наративного, реляційного і тілесно-орієнтованого підходів та спрямовані на досягнення цілей за трьома напрямами: 1) зменшення симптомів психічних порушень, зокрема посттравматичного стресового розладу; 2) покращення якості житті; 3) розвиток позитивних психологічних змін. У статті представлена опрацьована з урахуванням соціокультурних чинників авторська програма плекання постдосвідного зростання (ПДЗ) військовослужбовців і ветеранів, що базується на інтегральній концепції ПДЗ і складається з трьох послідовних кроків ‒ стабілізації, відновлення і зростання, що відповідає трьом етапам формування досвіду людини ‒ життєвого, особистого й особистісного, та може бути реалізована в груповому або індивідуальному форматах. Зроблено висновок, що робота психолога з військовослужбовцями ‒ учасниками бойових дій і ветеранами щодо плекання ПДЗ має базуватися на фасилітативному підході і враховувати індивідуальні особливості як психолога, так і клієнта.

2025, Fairy Tale and Dreamwork Therapy Reveal Insights into Deep Seated Traumaa

2025, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Background: Since August 2021, over 90,000 Afghan evacuees have been resettled in the USA. An estimated 40% of evacuees are under the age of 18. These youth are at risk for poor mental health because of migration-related trauma and stress. Health care providers need screening tools to accurately assess mental health problems in this population. The objective of this study was to identify and develop culturally appropriate screening tools for mental health problems facing resettled Afghan youth ages 10-17.
Methods: A total of 80 Afghan refugees in the Northeast USA and 4 Afghan mental health experts participated in this mixed-method study. Measures matching, expert feedback, and cognitive testing were used to identify and adapt mental health assessments that aligned with culturally relevant mental health syndromes in the Afghan community. Standardized assessments were selected based on their alignment with Afghan mental health constructs. Experts provided feedback on the content validity of selected assessments. During cognitive testing, participants were asked questions to examine dimensions of scale item comprehension, retrieval, judgment, and response. Quantitative surveys were used to assess the reliability of assessments in both Dari and Pashto.
Results: Screening tools, including the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC), the War-Affected Youth Psychosocial Assessment (WAYPA), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Hogan Bereavement Inventory for Adolescents, and Migration Grief and Loss Questionnaire (MGLQ), were well-matched to Afghan mental health syndromes. Reliability assessment indicated that the MGLQ and Hogan growth subscales performed well among both children and adults. A reduced, four-item GAD scale also has good psychometric properties among children. The Hogan grief subscale works well for adults, but not for children. Both the CES-DC and WAYPA had poor psychometric properties among both children and adults.
Conclusion: Culturally validated screening tools for use with Afghan children and adolescents were mixed in their psychometric properties. Further refinement and testing are warranted and will require a greater sample size to improve the fit of standard measures to Afghan mental health concepts.

2025, Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses

2025, Journal of Loss and Trauma

Doctor in Psychology, Degree in Psychology, Degree in Philosophy. She is a member of the non-profit association Intro-Ment, for in-depth mediation techniques, and the association Assisted Therapy with Animals "4 POTES", with which he actively collaborates in the design of intervention programs. She is also a member of the Foundation "El sueño de la campana", an international NGO that works in Nicaragua and in which she participates actively through the URV's Nicaragua Cooperation Practice. Nowadays, she is studiyng Somatic psychotherapy in order to deepen body techniques from a Humanist perspective.

2025, Perception des Adventistes du septième jour de l'influence de leur foi sur leur résilience face au trouble dépressif majeur (TDM)

This study examines the impact of the faith of members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on their ability to cope with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). It particularly focuses on how religious beliefs, spiritual practices, and community support influence the resilience of adherents in the face of depression. In Haiti, where religion plays a central role, spirituality is seen as an important factor in psychological support. The primary objective of this research is to understand how these factors contribute to the management of depression among members of this religious community.
The study uses a qualitative approach, based on semi-structured interviews with three participants: an Adventist pastor over 50 years old, an Adventist psychologist over 40 years old, and an Adventist student under 30 years old. All participants have experienced episodes of depression. The results show that faith plays a crucial role in the resilience process. Prayer, meditation on Scriptures, and participation in religious services bring a sense of inner peace and divine support in the face of trials.
The results also suggest that spirituality and religious practices do not necessarily replace medical treatments, but act as an important complement in managing the symptoms of MDD. Adherents believe that their faith helps them cope better with depression by reducing the severity of symptoms and accelerating the healing process.
In conclusion, this study shows that Adventist faith can play a crucial role in managing MDD within the community. Prayer, community support, and spiritual teachings contribute to greater resilience in the face of depression. The integration of spirituality into psychological care could be beneficial for individuals living with mental health disorders in religious communities like the Adventist Church. For the future, it is recommended to develop programs combining spiritual support and psychological care, as well as to raise greater awareness within the Adventist community about depression as a psychological disorder, while respecting the importance of faith in the healing process.
Keywords: Resilience, Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Spirituality, Adventist Faith.

2025, International Journal of Progressive Reserach and Engineering Mnaagement and Science (IJPREMS)

This study explores the intergenerational transmission of religious trauma across three generations within five families, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches to capture the complexities of trauma manifestation, transmission mechanisms, and coping strategies. The findings reveal significant generational differences in trauma awareness, with the grandparent generation showing lower recognition of trauma impacts compared to heightened awareness in the parent generation. Adult children exhibit residual emotional effects despite reduced religious adherence. The results suggest that trauma transmission shifts from explicit religious control to more implicit family dynamics across generations. Therapeutic implications include tailored approaches for each generational cohort, integrating cognitive, psychodynamic, and mindfulness-based therapies. The study also calls for a broader conceptualization of religious trauma as a form of cultural trauma that encompasses familial and cultural influences. Limitations are acknowledged, with recommendations for future research to include diverse samples and longitudinal studies.

2025, Routinen der Krise - Krise der Routinen - 37. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie

2025, Österreichische Zeitschrift Für Soziologie

The coinage of new terms like "Kleine Geburt [little birth]" and "Stille Geburt [silent birth/stillbirth]" is part of an ongoing social change towards recognition of pregnancy loss as child birth. Since the 1980s grassroot initiatives have been engaging for social recognition, for self-determination in clinics and a general right for parents to bury and register their miscarried and stillborn foetuses. In this paper it is argued that miscarriage and stillbirth are increasingly seen and dealt with as birth (and loss) of a person, and thus intended parents are recognized as parents. Qualitative data from narrative interviews and diverse sources such as Blogs and Vlogs has been collected over a period of five years, and a sequential analysis has been applied. The multi-dimensional social change is discussed in three areas: in German legal framework, in social media, and in obstetric care. First, recent changes of the German Civil Status Law for miscarried foetuses contribute to acknowledgement of bereaved parents. Second, online-communities have been establishing a collective identity of "angel parenthood" that brought about discursive and institutional changes outside the internet. Additionally, individual accounts in social media normalize and legitimize to speak about and exhibit experiences of miscarriage and stillbirth. Third, professional personalization of stillborn foetuses in obstetric care is established after perinatal death and stillbirth, but not (yet) after early pregnancy losses.

2025, EQUINOCCIO

Resumen: En octubre de 2019, Chile vivió la mayor movilización de su historia, motivada por décadas de injusticias, que develó el descontento generalizado hacia el sistema capitalista neoliberal. Las protestas fueron violentamente reprimidas y resultaron en violaciones a los derechos humanos, que incluyeron torturas, abusos sexuales, asesinatos y traumas oculares. En este trabajo se busca comprender los efectos traumáticos de la violencia estatal, tanto en los individuos como en la sociedad, con foco en la denegación y perversión del gobierno. Se analiza el rol del otro en la clínica de lo traumático ocupando una viñeta clínica y visitando conceptos de Freud, Ferenczi, Winnicott, Davoine, Gaudillière y Aceituno.

2025, International Journal of Mental Health

The complete rupture of Chile's democratic process, in September 1973, by a J?ilitary coup involved much more than the replacement of one political regime by another. For those committed to the Popular Unity Government, it marked not only the collapse of their former political and social involvement but also the beginning of widespread persecution [1]. This political persecution has ranged from disappearance and/or death ofloved ones to massive detentions, tortures, forced exile, and other threats to life. At the time, everyone who participated in political activities against the dictatorship was potentially vulnerable to some kind of political repression; this has, up to now, been experienced as life-threatening. All social relationships are affected by repressive situations, and for a long time fear has been a characteristic feature of Chilean society. Unlike in other countries of Latin America, however, in Chile it has been possible, under the military rule, to provide social, legal, medical, and psychotherapeutic services to the direct victims, thanks to the solidarity of church and human rights organizations. Despite their limitations and risks because of the political situation, these services have played an important role in helping the victims. Since 1977, we have participated in this effort on behalf of the affected people. This article includes a psychopathological conceptualization, de-

2025, Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health

Background: Research has established a relationship between psychosis and physical harm in the early course of psychosis. However, little is known about the relationship between specific psychosis symptoms, such as hearing voices, and physical harm. Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and typology of physical harm related to hearing voices, as well as what aspects of the voice-hearing experience retrospectively predicted incidents of harm within an Early Intervention in Psychosis Service (EIPS). We conducted a quality improvement project in a single EIPS. We reviewed case notes of patients and extracted information on the cognitive-phenomenological features of the voices patients heard, as well as any incidents of physical harm that were causally linked to these voices. Results: It was found that 32.2% of EI patients had an actual incident of physical harm in their case notes that was causally linked to hearing voices. The most common type of physical harm was neglect. In terms of cognitive phenomenological binary correlations that retrospectively predicted physical harm in the case notes, patients were 20 and 7 times more likely to have harmed themselves if they heard self-harm commands (i.e., directions to harm themselves physically) and perceived the voice as omnipotent, respectively. Patients were 6 times more likely to have harmed someone else if they heard violent commands. Verbal auditory hallucinations commonly influence physical harm in the early course of psychosis. Hearing commands and/or believing the voice to be omnipotent are strong retrospective-correlative predictors that may aid in the assessment and therapeutic intervention.

2025, Women's Studies in Communication

Rape crisis advocates (RCAs) are high-stakes volunteers (HSVs) that provide advocacy services to survivors of sexual violence during forensic examinations. Given that supporting survivors can be emotionally difficult, practicing resilience is foundational to their volunteerism. Drawing on 23 interviews with RCAs, results demonstrate that RCAs communicatively construct resilience through practicing Buzzanell's (2010) five communication processes of resilience. This interpretive analysis contributes theoretically and practically to feminist organizational communication research by illuminating how work meaningfulness is embedded within resilience in RCA volunteerism. In offering how RCAs distinctly practice each resilience communicative process, we reveal sources and mechanisms through which RCAs construct work meaningfulness. Thus, our results problematize previous resilience research by demonstrating its critical connection to meaningful work, yet lack of scholarly attention to it. We also offer theoretical implications for HSVs through suggesting that the motives attracting volunteers to high-stakes volunteerism help them communicatively enact resilience when they endure hardships at work.

2025, Journal of Loss and Trauma

Studies of the relationship between explicit episodic memory of a traumatic event (MTE) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are inconclusive. The authors examined whether memory for the details of the traumatic event as reported by patients with mild traumatic brain injury was associated with the development of PTSD. In a retrospective study of 120 participants, MTE was found to be associated with an increased risk of PTSD, particularly for the reexperiencing symptom cluster. Although less frequently, PTSD was nonetheless present even in the absence of explicit memory. Possible explanations for mechanisms that enable this phenomenon are considered. Acute stress response is fairly common in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event. However, the fact that it subsides in most cases and progresses to become posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in only 15%-25% of cases indicates that the event in itself is necessary but not sufficient for the

2025, Library Progress International

Meena Kandasamy’s When I Hit You, delves into the harrowing portrayal of domestic abuse and its traumatic
effects on the protagonist, an unnamed writer. Kandasamy reveals the devastating impact of male dominance
and manipulation on women's lives. She delves into the complexities of an abusive marriage, focusing not only
on physical violence but also on the emotional manipulation, isolation and erasure of identity experienced by the
protagonist Set against the backdrop of a male dominated society, the novel exposes the silent forms of violence
that trap women in abusive relationships. Kandasamy portrays her unnamed protagonist both as a victim of
abuse and as a fierce woman who reclaims her identity through writing. Kandasamy uses the act of writing as a
metaphor for resistance and survival. The novel brings to light the enduring nature of trauma and the cultural
barriers that often prevent women from escaping abusive marriages, while offering a deeply personal story of
resilience and the power of reclaiming one’s voice.
Keywords: Trauma, Physical and Psychological Abuse, Marriage, Identity Crisis.

2025

In trying to locate Bengal in a history of the self, this dissertation reads the autobiographies of Pramatha Chaudhuri and Jnanadanandini Devi, attempting to reflect upon their self construction. Pramatha Chaudhuri's life is read in light of a crisis of the present at the hour of the Second World War, seeing his focus on culture as a response to a certain sense of loss. Jnanadanadini Devi's autobiography is tricky by the very dialogic nature of it's construction - rather than being written, it was dictated to her daughter Indira, and organized by the latter. Still, refusing to read the relational nature of her reminiscences as an absence of self-making, the very sociality she centers is read as a site for the articulation of her self.

2025, Athens Institute for Education and Research ATINER

This paper attempts to explore the theme of Trauma and its
representation in Contemporary Art. In particular, analyzing the concept of
trauma with its origin as a term in human history, the paper will bring a
comprehensive understanding of the human body and psyche as a subject
and content of the works produced in Contemporary Visual Arts. On this
basis, the paper will be an extensive discussion of the representation of
physical and psychological traumas in works of art. In fact, the paper will
attempt to analyze how the theme has become a hidden meaning of some of
the works while the paper will bring the theme into a discursive space by
investigating the field of Contemporary Visual Arts including its different
practices such as body art and performance, new media art, installation,
happening art, etc. Significantly, another aim of the paper is to discuss the
theme by contextualizing on visual art practices as made by both male and
female artists. This means that the paper becomes critical on the point of
view in exploring the theme on the basis of gender identity. Therefore, this
research includes a critical discussion of trauma and gender identity.
Furthermore, the paper will broaden its analytical sphere with cultural and
philosophical concepts such as psychoanalysis, gender and other visual
cultural theories. At the end of this paper, the research includes the author’s own experience as an artist who has been working on the themes trauma and gender for nearly fifteen years. Furthermore, although the paper focuses on Contemporary Art particularly, it will also provide information of different periods of the Art History in contextualizing the theme and its representation in Contemporary works of Art.

2025, Aloma Revista De Psicologia Ciencies De L Educacio I De L Esport

2025, Journal of Cultural Studies

We live in a modern world surrounded by technological achievements and medical progress. However, chronic physical disease prevails, as do mental health and addiction problems. How can researchers analyse and better understand this situation? How can society reduce and heal these ailments? It is something that Gabor Mate's The Myth of Normal: Illness, Health and Healing in A Toxic Culture (2022) investigates, asking questions about modern society and disease and showing how they are interrelated. His argument is a broad and deep cultural criticism that addresses culture, stress, trauma, health, and unmet developmental needs.

2025

Texto que compila los cuentos seleccionados en el Primer Concurso CEIA en 100 palabras

2025, Soc.-Psych.Features of Prof.Activity of Soc.Sphere Specialists-Psychoeducation in War Conditions : Conf.proceedings

Соціально-психологічні особливості професійної діяльності фахівців соціальної сфери: психологічна просвіта в умовах війни : матеріали Х Ювілейної всеукр. наук.-практ. конф. з міжнар. участю (23–25 травня 2024 р., м. Київ) / упоряд. О. Т. Плетка. Київ, 2024. 107 с. URI: https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/745414.
У збірнику представлені тези доповідей та наукові статті учасників Х Ювілейної всеукраїнської науково-практичної конференції з міжнародною участю, яка присвячена проблемам професійної діяльності працівників соціальної сфери. Для студентів ВНЗ, аспірантів, викладачів, практичних психологів, соціальних працівників, соціальних педагогів, науковців.
Автори несуть відповідальність за зміст і достовірність поданих матеріалів.
Ключові слова: соціально-психологічні особливості, професійна діяльність, фахівці соціальної сфери, психологічна просвіта, умови війни, соціально-психологічна адаптація, психологічна підтримка, стрес і травма війни, психологічна резилієнтність, військова психологія, психічне здоров’я в умовах війни, психологічні стратегії адаптації, соціальна ідентичність, психологічна допомога, психологічна реабілітація, психологічні наслідки війни, емоційний стан, мотивація, групова ефективність, конфлікт, психологічна пружність, психоедукація, посттравматичний стресовий розлад (ПТСР), психологічне благополуччя, соціальний капітал, ідентичність, волонтерство, психологічні інструменти роботи.
The collection presents abstracts and scientific articles of the participants of the 10th Anniversary All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation, dedicated to the issues of professional activity of social sphere workers. The collection is intended for university students, postgraduates, lecturers, practical psychologists, social workers, social educators, and researchers.
The authors are responsible for the content and accuracy of the submitted materials.
Keywords: Socio-psychological features, professional activity, social sphere specialists, psychological education, conditions of war, socio-psychological adaptation, psychological support, war-related stress and trauma, psychological resilience, military psychology, mental health in wartime, psychological adaptation strategies, social identity, psychological assistance, psychological rehabilitation, psychological consequences of war, emotional state, motivation, group effectiveness, conflict, psychological flexibility, psychoeducation, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychological well-being, social capital, identity, volunteering, psychological work tools.

2025

This paper examines Kazuo Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans (2000) through a transcultural lens, focusing on how childhood friendship, national identity, and orphanhood function as allegorical tools within a broader critique of imperial ideology. Set in the hybrid and contested space of the International Settlement in Shanghai, the novel stages the relationship between Christopher and Akira as a symbolic enactment of early twentieth-century geopolitical tensions between Britain and Japan. Their evolving dynamic-shifting from imaginative companionship to nationalized performance-mirrors the transformation of identity under colonial influence, revealing how even intimate bonds become entangled in ideological frameworks. Drawing on theories of performative nationalism, nostalgia, and the orphan trope as transnational allegory, the paper argues that Ishiguro critiques the constructed nature of identity within imperial contexts. The International Settlement emerges not as a neutral site of cultural exchange but as a space where colonial hierarchies are both masked and maintained. Through Christopher's detective persona and Akira's emulation of Western power, the novel exposes the psychological costs of empire, as both characters become fractured embodiments of their respective national myths. Ultimately, When We Were Orphans reveals the deep inseparability of the personal and political, using the motifs of childhood, loss, and memory to interrogate the fictions of belonging and the enduring legacies of colonialism in a transcultural world.

2025, Journal of Loss and Trauma

The book, If You Sit Very Still, describes the extraordinary process that took place from the time her sister disappeared, to the moment 40 years later when Marian Partington felt truly able to forgive the woman who had abducted and murdered Lucy. This review traces the process through which the author discovered that, in opening to her own pain, she was able to recognise the suffering of others and, ultimately, find connection.
This review points to the themes and motifs carried through the text. Themes such as language and ‘giving voice to’ which are woven throughout, as Partington seeks to restore what Lucy was denied and to reclaim the narrative of her death; and the healing potency of ritual, which can help restore connections lost through shattering trauma. It appraises the author’s use of a medieval dream poem structure to shape her narrative, and honour her sister’s love of literature. It notes the potential of literary form in offering a container for immense, unspeakable trauma and distilling understanding and insight from tragedy and loss. It also points to a possible limitation of the narrative style. The use of literature in learning and healing from traumatic experiencing is noted and comparisons made with works by two other authors.
Partington’s distinctive offering to our appreciation of transformative healing is reflected here. Her essential message, that our own suffering is only truly soothed when we contribute to the healing of others, is acclaimed as a necessary salve for our troubled times.

2025

The experience of mourning is a multifaceted and deeply personal journey, deeply influenced by a multitude of emotions. Among these emotions, guilt and shame often emerge as intertwined feelings that significantly affect the mourning... more

2025, Актуальні питання психологічного забезпечення діяльності Національної поліції та закладів вищої освіти МВС України

Використання метафор у процесі плекання ПДЗ дозволяє клієнту полегшити когнітивну й емоційну обробку травмівної /негативної стресової події, усвідомити, переосмислити та прийняти особистий досвід подолання наслідків впливу стресових... more

Використання метафор у процесі плекання ПДЗ дозволяє клієнту
полегшити когнітивну й емоційну обробку травмівної /негативної стресової події, усвідомити, переосмислити та прийняти особистий досвід подолання наслідків впливу стресових чинників, а психологу ‒ в екологічний фасилітативний спосіб сприяти його ПДЗ.

2025

With the production of Memento, Christopher Nolan gifted The Seventh Art not only with a superb film but also with a sophisticated narration of a trauma. This study carries out an analysis of the film's main character, Leonard, who has been affected by the traumatic experience of the death of his wife. While he struggles with his short-term memory loss and his quest for revenge, several issues surrounding the increasingly acclaimed trauma theory can be recognized, namely latency, memory, identity, dissociation or repression. This dissertation examines these concerns from two different standpoints, as the film text offers more than one interpretation.

2025, Learning styles applied Harnessing students instructional style preferences

2025

Survivor guilt remains a dynamic and crucial area of inquiry almost a decade after Murray described, in her 2018 publication in the Journal of Loss and Trauma, that in a clinic sample, 90% of PTSD patients who survived traumatic events involving fatalities experienced survivors' guilt. observed the lack of sufficient guidance in theoretical models for effective treatment strategies. We support Murray's claims and suggest that when the survivor is also a caregiver-who feels guilt for surviving and a sense of failure for not saving others-the emotional toll may be greatly complicated. In response to that, and as caregivers in warzone, we introduce a theoretical paradigm we term Wartime Caregiver Survival Guilt (WCSG), which captures the survivor's guilt and rescue fantasy among caregivers who survived a mass casualty terror event, using the October 7, 2023, attack in Israel as a case study. Caregivers who are health-care professionals and survive when others were killed often experience guilt about surviving and failing to assist patients. The October 7 attack and the subsequent war created a dual exposure to trauma-personal and professional-blurring boundaries and deepening exhaustion. Caregivers in Israeli warzone carry both survivor's guilt and rescue fantasy, now conceptualized as WCSG. This paradigm reflects the psychological and ethical dilemmas caregivers face during collective trauma, particularly in the context of war. While survivor's guilt is well-documented among trauma survivors , we argue these effects on professionals simultaneously exposed to the crisis. found that survivor's guilt intensified PTSD symptoms, depression, and suicidal ideation. This aligns with findings by Metz (2018), who noted that guilt often stems from a perceived unworthiness to have survived. In warzone, these emotional mechanisms may affect trauma survivors who are also caregivers, undermining resilience. A study on Israeli therapists after the October 7 attack demonstrated that professionals struggled to set boundaries while

2025, Journal of Evidence Based Psychotherapies

The purpose of this study is the adaptation of the Teacher Irrational Belief Scale -TIBS . The scale was administered to a sample of 242 teachers from 4 high schools and 4 general schools. Our results are, on the whole, consistent with those obtained in earlier normative studies conducted on Australian population. The internal consistency coefficients (Cronbach's Alpha) for the three beliefs and the global score ranged from .48 to .74, which are adequate for using the scale in reliable conditions. The factor analysis revealed 3 principal factors for the Romanian population, related to 3 core irrational beliefs (low frustration tolerance, self -downing and other demandingness). These results are different from those reported on Australian population, where 4 factors were found -low frustration tolerance, self-downing, authoritarianism and demand for justice, but authoritarianism and demand for justice seem to describe Ellis's major irrational belief -other demandingness. The scores of TIBS are related to the scores of the Attitudes and Beliefs Scale 2 (ABS 2).

2025, Journal of Loss and Trauma

To understand the ways that EMS providers cope with pediatric death in an out-of-hospital setting, eight focus groups were conducted with 98 urban, rural, and suburban EMS providers. Sixty-eight of the participants also completed a short questionnaire about a specific event. In both the focus groups and questionnaire, participants were asked how they individually coped with the death, how they coped as a team, and what coping strategies were most and least helpful. Specific coping strategies were found to be helpful to EMS providers, and could be classified as Solve, Solace, Dismiss, and Escape based on whether they approached or avoided the problem or the emotion.

2025, Białostockie Studia Literaturoznawcze

Artykuł stanowi próbę nowego odczytania powieści Pawła Huellego Weiser Dawidek poprzez „topolekturę” (Michalski). Na podstawie studium przypadku autor artykułu proponuje wyróżnienie swoistego sposobu temporalnego doświadczania przestrzeni, które łączy w sobie klasyczne koncepcje dotyczące działania pamięci, oscylujące między przeciwstawnymi biegunami – synchronii (Heidegger, Husserl) i diachronii (Marcel, Bergson). Skonfrontowanie obu sposobów percepcji czasu – w przeświadczeniu o ich potencjale do tworzenia struktury komplementarnej – z literackim zapisem doświadczenia przestrzeni w powieści Huellego pozwala, zdaniem autora, wyłonić trzeci rodzaj temporalnego doświadczenia przestrzeni jako hipermiejsca.

2025, Canadian Woman Studies

2025, Confratute '47 Invitation

2025

Abordar origen o la producción de las conmociones existenciales desde una perspectiva afín a los paradigmas actuales —desde la complejidad, pero sin renunciar a la parsimonia cuando se puede—, es una característica a destacar en el prolífico doctor Luis Cruz-Villalobos, quien saca a relucir en estas páginas sus competencias tanto como escritor y también en su rol de destacado académico universitario.

2025, Consciousness and Cognition

This study describes the development of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS), a 14item self-report instrument designed to gauge abnormal fantasizing. Our sample consisted of 447 English-speaking individuals from 45 different countries. A 3-correlated-factors model best presented the underlying dimensions Yearning, Kinesthesia and Impairment, capturing related rewarding experiences as well as psychological impairment of maladaptive daydreaming. MDS scores were associated with obsessive-compulsive behavior and thoughts, dissociative absorption, attention deficit, and high sense of presence during daydreaming, but less with psychotic symptoms. The MDS and its subscale demonstrated good validity, sound internal consistency and temporal stability and discriminated well between self-identified individuals with and without maladaptive daydreaming. Considering the instrument's high sensitivity and specificity levels, it seems an excellent measure for future investigation of MD that will, hopefully, shed light on the etiology and psycho-biological mechanisms involved in this mental condition, as well as on the development of effective MD treatment methods.

2025, Primerjalna književnost

This paper explores the presence of translation in the work of Svetlana Alexievich, the Belarusian journalist and 2015 Nobel laureate in Literature. Amid the ongoing debate about whether her books should be categorized as fiction or non-fiction, we propose an alternative perspective on her cycle Voices from Utopia, suggesting it can be viewed as a translation of Soviet history. By applying recent translation studies theories that broaden the definition of translation beyond mere interlingual transfer, we can observe how translation operates at various levels within her texts. This process involves not only the witnesses interviewed by the writer but also extends to the readers. Specifically, through a process of (self-) translation, the interviewees describe their lived experiences, and their voices become a polyphonic chorus that offers fresh insights on the history of the USSR. Alexievich translates these oral testimonies into written documents, which then undergo multiple retranslations due to the continuous changes in narratives, in which both her audience and the author herself are immersed. These translations and retranslations ensure the afterlife of original accounts and shape the way that the readers translate history by immersing themselves in a plurality of its versions. Seeing Alexievich's historical oeuvre as a continuous flow of translations that engage everyone-from the witnesses to the readers-opens up new ways to interpret her cycle.

2025, Psychology Travelogs

У статті розглянуто фізіологічне зітхання як метод реабілітації для осіб із посттравматичним стресовим розладом (ПТСР), який стає особливо актуальним в умовах воєнного стану. Фізіологічне зітхання визначено як природну дихальну техніку, що сприяє активації парасимпатичної нервової системи, стабілізації емоційного стану, зменшенню тривожності та покращенню якості сну. Дослідження західних учених підтверджують його ефективність у роботі з різними категоріями постраждалих, включаючи військових, ветеранів та цивільних осіб. Простота, доступність і відсутність потреби у спеціальному обладнанні роблять цей метод універсальним для використання в індивідуальній і груповій терапії, а також у польових умовах. Результати досліджень свідчать про значний потенціал техніки для інтеграції в українську практику, що передбачає проведення локальних досліджень та адаптацію методу до соціокультурних потреб. У статті також запропоновано рекомендації для фахівців, спрямовані на впровадження фізіологічного зітхання як базового інструменту реабілітації в умовах масових психологічних викликів.

2025, Journal of Loss and Trauma

Parental resolution" represents parents coming to terms with their child's health condition. Differences in the use of coping strategies between mothers who were resolved versus unresolved to their child's diagnosis was investigated, and a possible moderating effect of these strategies was explored. A strategy aimed at mobilizing the family to acquire and accept help (institutional, formal support) was shown to be a significant moderating variable, in a way that its more frequent use allowed mothers of children with better functional status (but not mothers of children with poorer functional status) to reach resolution.

2025, Journal of Loss and Trauma

This study set out to incorporate the collective dimensions of Posttraumatic Growth and examined the construct and predictive validity of The Individual and Collective Posttraumatic Growth Scale (ICPTGS). Participants were 332 volunteers who had experienced the earthquake on February 27th, 2010, in Chile. Analysis allowed us to confirm a multidimensional structure composed of four dimensions: an individual, spiritual, communal growth, and societal growth. Additionally, we identified association between ICPTGS, perceived emotional impact and social well-being. This study emphasises that positive changes resulting from the exposure to collective disasters can be perceived also at the collective or community level.

2025, Infanzia e Adolescenza

RIASSUNTO: Premesse teoriche: L'adolescenza rappresenta un periodo di aumentata vulnerabilità ai traumi per diverse ragioni: l'organizzazione psichica è sottoposta ad una spinta pulsionale particolarmente intensa; il distacco psicologico dalle figure genitoriali comporta spesso una fragilità nell'organizzazione del Sè; si possono riattivare traumi infantili per effetto di traumi attuali. Obiettivo: Valutare il funzionamento emotivoadattivo in un campione scolastico di adolescenti, approfondendo l'eventuale presenza di stati dissociativi e di esperienze traumatiche, e discutendo come queste ultime costituiscano un fattore di rischio per l'insorgere di disturbi psicopatologici. Metodo: Il campione esaminato è composto da 475 soggetti appartenenti ad una popolazione scolastica non referred di adolescenti tra i 14 e i 18 anni con un'età media di 15.9 anni. All'interno di un colloquio di assessment psicologico svolto durante l'orario scolastico, utilizzato al fine di evidenziare la presenza di eventuali esperienze traumatiche, sono stati somministrati agli adolescenti i seguenti strumenti self-report: Youth Self-Report 11/18 (Achenbach e Rescorla, 2001) e Dissociative Experience Scale-II (Carlson e Putnam, 1993). Risultati: I risultati delle analisi statistiche effettuate mettono in luce che: i maschi presentano in misura maggiore sintomi sul versante esternalizzante, viceversa le femmine sul versante internalizzante; si ha la presenza di esperienze dissociative particolarmente intense intorno ai 17 anni; assume un ruolo significativo specialmente il trauma individuale, che incide sul funzionamento psicologico dell'adolescente e sulla presenza di esperienze dissociative. Discussione e conclusioni: Si discute la specificità della fase evolutiva adolescenziale, con riferimento alle manifestazioni di rischio psicopatologico che possono presentarsi.