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| Title: | Systemic traumatic stress: The couple adaptation to traumatic stress model |
| Authors: | Goff, Briana S. Nelson |
| Publication Date: | 2005 |
| Type: | Article (author version) |
| Journal: | Journal of marital and family therapy |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Starting Page: | 145 |
| Ending Page: | 157 |
| Keywords: | Traumatic stress
Trauma exposure
Couples
Intimate relationships
Secondary trauma
Systemic traumatic stress |
| Abstract: | Research traditionally has focused on the development of symptoms in those who experienced trauma directly but overlooked the impact of trauma on the families of victims. In recent years, researchers and clinicians have begun to examine how individual exposure to traumatic stress
affects the spouses/partners, children, and professional helpers of trauma survivors. However, empirically supported, theory-based literature that identifies the mechanisms by which interpersonal or "secondary trauma" occurs in response to traumatic events is limited. Here, we
present the Couple Adaptation to Traumatic Stress Model, a systemic model of the development of interpersonal symptoms in the couple dyad based on empirical literature. Potential mechanisms and clinical vignettes are included to describe the systemic processes that occur with trauma couples. Areas for future research and clinical implications also are identified. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/602 |
| Publisher URL: | The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com |
| Appears in Collections: | Family Studies and Human Services
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