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Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings
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 incidenc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7993791/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33765044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247579 |
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author | Kimble, Matthew Flack, William Koide, Jennifer Bennion, Kelly Brenneman, Miranda Meyersburg, Cynthia |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-79937912021-04-05 Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings Kimble, Matthew Flack, William Koide, Jennifer Bennion, Kelly Brenneman, Miranda Meyersburg, Cynthia PLoS One Research Article 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. Public Library of Science 2021-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7993791/ /pubmed/33765044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247579 Text en © 2021 Kimble et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kimble, Matthew Flack, William Koide, Jennifer Bennion, Kelly Brenneman, Miranda Meyersburg, Cynthia Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings |
title | Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings |
title_full | Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings |
title_fullStr | Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings |
title_full_unstemmed | Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings |
title_short | Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings |
title_sort | student reactions to traumatic material in literature: implications for trigger warnings |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7993791/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33765044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247579 |
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