ArticlePsychiatry research2017
Predictors and mental health outcomes of potentially traumatic event exposure.
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Depressive symptoms and associated factors among internally displaced people in Sub-Saharan africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- We need to build the evidence: A systematic review of psychological first aid on mental health and well-being.Journal of traumatic stress · 2023Pooled it
- EMDR as Treatment Option for Conditions Other Than PTSD: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
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- Predictors of therapeutic alliance, treatment feedback, and clinical outcomes among African American women in treatment for co-occurring PTSD and SUD.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Trial
- Exploring the impact of event-related and personal vulnerability characteristics on mental health after pandemic-related trauma exposure.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Pilot trial of THRIVE: A peer-delivered sexual and intimate partner violence prevention program for women in substance use treatment.Journal of traumatic stress · 2026Article
- Types of ethnic-racial identity belongingness predicting mental health and suicide ideation: Exploring racial and gender differences among Latine-White and Black-White Multiracial adolescents.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- Event Centrality, Not Posttraumatic Growth, Explains Trauma Symptom Course Among Sexual Assault Survivors.Violence against women · 2026Article
- Candidate transdiagnostic processes linking potentially traumatic experiences to psychopathology, mental well-being and resilience in emerging adults.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- "It's Finding the Time to Prioritize Ourselves": Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Explore Young Black Women's Attitudes, Norms, and Beliefs Toward Mental Health Care.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Adverse childhood experiences, exposure to the World Trade Center attacks, and chronic symptoms of depression, PTSD, and unhealthy drinking.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- Do purpose in life and self-directedness mediate the effects of child abuse on anxiety and depression symptoms 18 years later?Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- Interbrain synchrony and its potential role in modulating the impact of traumatic events.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- A case-control study of potentially traumatic events in Mexican individuals with eating disorders.Eating disorders · 2025Article
- The role of the social worker in the assessment and management of adults receiving Home Parenteral Nutrition.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Review
- Co-Creating a District-Wide Professional Development Program and Implementation Model for Trauma-Informed Schools.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Potentially traumatic events and the association with hazardous alcohol use in 19,128 middle aged and elderly adults: the Tromsø Study 2015-2016.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Article
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Subsequent Trauma Exposure: The Mediating Role of Deviant Peer Affiliation.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aims were two-fold: to examine prevalence and correlates of lifetime potentially traumatic event (PTE) exposure and to explore the relationships between PTE exposure and mental health outcomes (i.e., trauma related distress, alcohol use quantity and frequency, depression symptoms, and anxiety symptoms) within a large sample of college freshmen. 6120 participants, consisting of three cohorts of incoming freshman at a large southeastern university, completed an online assessment battery measuring a multitude of factors including PTEs, personality, relationships (i.e., parental and peer), and mental health. The majority (81.8%) of participants endorsed experiencing at least one PTE within their lifetime and 39.0% reported at least one interpersonal trauma (i.e., physical assault, sexual assault, other unwanted or uncomfortable sexual situation). The average number of PTE categories endorsed was 1.71 (SD=1.30), and 8.7% of participants reported experiencing four or more separate PTE categories pre-college entry. Female gender and peer deviance were consistently associated with PTE exposure and symptoms of psychopathology. Furthermore, a history of interpersonal PTE exposure was associated with increased alcohol use (i.e., frequency and quantity), trauma related distress, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms. The data demonstrate high prevalence PTE exposure among young adults and the clinical significance of a PTE history.
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