Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings
| Autor: | Jennifer Koide, Miranda M. Brenneman, William F. Flack, Matthew O. Kimble, Kelly A. Bennion, Cynthia A Meyersburg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Exacerbation Epidemiology Emotions Social Sciences 050109 social psychology Criminology Surveys Rape and Sexual Assault Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Random Allocation Mathematical and Statistical Techniques Sociology Reading (process) Medicine and Health Sciences Psychology Medicine Public and Occupational Health Reactivity (psychology) Crime Victims media_common Schools Multidisciplinary Traumatic Injury Risk Factors Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Statistics 05 social sciences Anxiety Disorders Professions Distress Research Design Physical Sciences Educational Status Female Crime Research Article Clinical psychology Universities Science media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Neuropsychiatric Disorders Psychological Trauma Neuroses Research and Analysis Methods 050105 experimental psychology Education Mental Health and Psychiatry Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Statistical Methods Students Violent Crime Sexual assault Analysis of Variance Survey Research business.industry Sex Offenses Biology and Life Sciences Reading Medical Risk Factors Instructors People and Places Population Groupings Self Report Trauma symptoms business Undergraduates Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 3, p e0247579 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0247579 |
| Popis: | Introduction While trigger warnings have garnered significant debate, few studies have investigated how students typically respond to potentially triggering material. Method In this study, three hundred and fifty-five undergraduate students from four universities read a passage describing incidences of both physical and sexual assault. Longitudinal measures of subjective distress, PTSD symptoms, and emotional reactivity were taken. Results Greater than 96% of participants read the triggering passage even when given a non-triggering alternative to read. Of those who read the triggering passage, those with triggering traumas did not report more distress although those with higher PTSD scores did. Two weeks later, those with trigger traumas and/or PTSD did not report an increase in trauma symptoms as a result of reading the triggering passage. Conclusions Students with relevant traumas do not avoid triggering material and the effects appear to be brief. Students with PTSD do not report an exacerbation of symptoms two weeks later as a function of reading the passage. |
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