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Proceed with caution: the trouble with trigger warnings

Trigger warnings are widely used in many universities – and increasingly, the wider world. Last year, London’s Globe theatre attached a trigger ....

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Proceed with caution: the trouble with trigger warnings

Trigger warnings are widely used in many universities – and increasingly, the wider world. Last year, London’s Globe theatre attached a trigger ....

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Trigger warnings are everywhere. They might be unscientific

The culture war that has raged over trigger warnings has been vicious and largely evidence-free. But the research that is starting to emerge renders the debate largely moot because it shows the warnings are largely ineffective. ....

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Trigger warnings may prolong bad memories

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Trauma memories can suddenly return when survivors are exposed to material that reminds them of the event-a process known as “triggering” which can be very distressing. Trigger warnings are intended to help mitigate this potential distress. However, Flinders University psychology researchers warn that trigger warnings do not lessen the blow of recalling past trauma.
However, the new study published in Memory suggests that warning messages may not adequately prepare people to recall a negative experience but may instead prolong bad memories.
The study was conducted with 209 mainly female participants, ranging in age from 17-50 years old. They participated in two sessions, two weeks apart. In the first session, participants recalled a negative event and completed a series of questionnaires, including how emotionally impactful the event felt. The second session asked participants to recall the same event again and answer the same questionnaires. ....

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PTSD link to pandemic fears

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Even at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, people around the world became more fearful of what could happen to them or their family.
A new Flinders University study of 1040 online participants from five western countries published in PLOS ONE explores people’s response to the stresses of the escalating pandemic, finding more than 13% of the sample had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related symptoms consistent with levels necessary to qualify for a clinical diagnosis.
With ongoing economic and social fallout, and death toll of more than 2 million, the team of psychology researchers warn more needs to be done to cope with the potential short and long-term spike in PTSD cases resulting from the pandemic – as well as related mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, psychosocial functioning, etc. ....

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