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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2018

Youth Responses to School Shootings: a Review.

Áine Travers, Tracey McDonagh, Ask Elklit

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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Prospective examination of psychological trauma among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2023
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  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Local exposure to school shootings and youth antidepressant use.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
    Article
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Áine TraversPsychology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark. atravers@health.sdu.dk.
Tracey McDonaghPsychology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.
Ask ElklitPsychology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis paper aims to synthesize research relating to youth responses to school shootings between 2014 and 2017. The main questions it addresses are how such events impact young people psychologically, and what risk or protective factors may contribute to different trajectories of recovery? RECENT

findingsRecent research suggests that most young people exposed to school shootings demonstrate resilience, exhibiting no long-term dysfunction. However, a minority will experience severe and chronic symptoms. The likelihood of experiencing clinically significant reactions is influenced by pre-trauma functioning as well as peri-traumatic and post-traumatic factors. These include proximity to the trauma, peri-traumatic dissociation, post-traumatic emotional regulation difficulties, social support, and flexibility of coping styles. Research that separates the distinguishing features of young people with differing recovery styles is vital to tailor intervention. But methodological and design issues associated with such research necessitates caution in drawing conclusions. Variation in definitions and measures and the self-report nature of many of the studies are potential sources of bias. Greater uniformity across designs would enhance confidence and allow for improved evidence-based intervention.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalResilience, PsychologicalAdolescentEmotionsGun ViolenceHumansSchoolsSocial SupportStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticStudentsExtreme traumaMass shootingsPost-shooting interventionsSchool shooting consequencesSchool shootingsSchool shooting victims

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