A systematic review of autobiographical memory and mental health research on refugees and asylum seekers

S Khan, SK Kuhn, S Haque - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Research examining trauma, memory, and mental health among refugee and asylum-
seeking people has increased in recent years. We systematically reviewed empirical work …

Transgenerational trauma: Perceived parental style, children's adaptational efforts, and mental health outcomes in second generation and third generation holocaust …

V Békés, CJ Starrs - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
The intergenerational impact of genocide has been studied in various contexts, however, the
mechanisms of trauma transmission remain unclear. The present study aimed to better …

What do therapist defense mechanisms have to do with their experience of professional self-doubt and vicarious trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic?

K Aafjes-Van Doorn, V Békés, X Luo, TA Prout… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This is the first study to examine psychotherapists' levels of defense mechanisms, their
concurrent relationship with professional work-related stress (professional self-doubt and …

Historical intergenerational trauma transmission model: A comprehensive framework of family and offspring processes of transgenerational trauma.

CJ Starrs, V Békés - Traumatology, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
The transgenerational impact of trauma is an emergent focus in the field of trauma research.
A growing body of evidence suggests important consequences for the descendants of …

Increasing mentalization to reduce maladaptive defense in patients with mental disorders

MC Hayden, PK Müllauer, KJP Beyer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: There are indications of associations between the ability to mentalize and
psychological defense mechanisms. However, only a few studies have focused on these …

Initial validation of the defense mechanisms rating scales Q-sort: a comparison of trained and untrained raters

V Bèkès, TA Prout, M Di Giuseppe… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - cab.unime.it
Objectives: Defense mechanisms underlie a range of healthy and pathological
psychological phenomena and are important mechanisms of change in psychotherapy …

Autobiographical memory and future episodic thinking among trauma‐exposed Rohingya refugee people

S Khan, S Haque - Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Past research has shown that trauma‐exposed refugee people frequently report less
specific autobiographical memories, but the characteristics of their future episodic thinking …

Coping action patterns in trauma and other autobiographic narratives in Holocaust survivors: A mixed–methods study

V Békés, JC Perry, CJ Starrs - Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In a world where genocides and wars are constant reality, understanding the long-term
psychological impact of massive trauma on survivors, as well as identifying ways to promote …

Autobiographical memory impairment among Rohingya refugee people: roles of direct and indirect trauma exposures and PTSD symptom severity

S Khan, S Haque - Cognition and Emotion, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Literature indicates that trauma exposure leads to autobiographical memory (AM)
impairment, but the differential effects of direct and indirect trauma on memory remain …

[PDF][PDF] The search for biomarkers of Holocaust trauma

NPF Kellermann - J Trauma Stress Disor Treat 7, 2018 - researchgate.net
Despite significant progress in basic neuroscience research of stress and PTSD, no definite
biological pathways of traumatization have been identified. As a result, the biological part of …