PSY 4521 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS!!
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Definition
Pre-event: gender, age, prior trauma, personality, SES, neuroticism
Event: objective severity, subjective appraisals, dissociation! Fear &
distress etc, interpersonal and sexual violence (directly experienced
and someone with intent to harm, not accident)
Post-event: social support, life stressors, Appraisal of symptoms
and lack of social support
Subjective event appraisals (life threat, dissociation) and post event
,factors like social support are most important
• Many factors have small but significant relations with greater
PTSD risk- event-related and post-event factors tend to be more
important
• Lack of social support (.40), dissociation during event (.35- .40),
neuroticism (.37) other life stressors (.32), subjective appraisal (.26)
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Describe the results of correlational and experimental research examining sexual
harassment and various outcomes, including mental health, work satisfaction,
performance, harm to others, and financial costs
Definition of sexual harassment according to the three main categories on the
Sexual Experiences Questionnaire
o Which of these is most common?
How to describe the Job Demand-Resources model (including the definitions of
burnout
and work engagement)
The largest risk factors for PTSD
Including pre-event, event, and post-event risk factors
o Why neuroticism is related to more PTSD symptoms
Don't know?
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Definition
Common responses:
ignore it(49%)
avoid harasser(45%)
confront harasser(38%)
Uncommon response
• Formal complaint/report (5%)
Although most (>90%) women SAY they would report it
Give this one a try later!
DSM provides common language The organizational factors that
for diagnosing mental increase the likelihood of
disorders harassment
The most common responses
to sexual harassment The main categories of ACEs
Don't know?
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Definition
, DSM definition of trauma involves life threat (life-threatening events
can lead to fear-based psychological disorders like PTSD)
Moral injury: Events that violate can lead to moral your moral code
injury outomes
Events that violate your moral code
• Harm, failure to prevent harm, witnessing, betrayal
• Overlap with Criterion A events
PMIEs can also be Criterion A traumas
Moral injury results from guilt and shame instead of fear. Can
involve self-injury, demoralization, self-handicapping
*****• PTSD symptoms plus disturbances in self-concept, relationships,
spirituality, etc.
• Moral injury is guilt/shame based
• PTSD is primarily fear-based
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How to define trauma according to Criterion A of the DSM V (hint: focus on both
the
type of event and how it can be experienced)
What is moral injury and how is it different from PTSD?
The approximate percentage of adults who have experienced ACEs (e.g., what
percentage of adults have experienced at least one ACE? More than one ACE?
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS!!
1 of 66
Definition
Pre-event: gender, age, prior trauma, personality, SES, neuroticism
Event: objective severity, subjective appraisals, dissociation! Fear &
distress etc, interpersonal and sexual violence (directly experienced
and someone with intent to harm, not accident)
Post-event: social support, life stressors, Appraisal of symptoms
and lack of social support
Subjective event appraisals (life threat, dissociation) and post event
,factors like social support are most important
• Many factors have small but significant relations with greater
PTSD risk- event-related and post-event factors tend to be more
important
• Lack of social support (.40), dissociation during event (.35- .40),
neuroticism (.37) other life stressors (.32), subjective appraisal (.26)
Give this one a try later!
Describe the results of correlational and experimental research examining sexual
harassment and various outcomes, including mental health, work satisfaction,
performance, harm to others, and financial costs
Definition of sexual harassment according to the three main categories on the
Sexual Experiences Questionnaire
o Which of these is most common?
How to describe the Job Demand-Resources model (including the definitions of
burnout
and work engagement)
The largest risk factors for PTSD
Including pre-event, event, and post-event risk factors
o Why neuroticism is related to more PTSD symptoms
Don't know?
, 2 of 66
Definition
Common responses:
ignore it(49%)
avoid harasser(45%)
confront harasser(38%)
Uncommon response
• Formal complaint/report (5%)
Although most (>90%) women SAY they would report it
Give this one a try later!
DSM provides common language The organizational factors that
for diagnosing mental increase the likelihood of
disorders harassment
The most common responses
to sexual harassment The main categories of ACEs
Don't know?
3 of 66
Definition
, DSM definition of trauma involves life threat (life-threatening events
can lead to fear-based psychological disorders like PTSD)
Moral injury: Events that violate can lead to moral your moral code
injury outomes
Events that violate your moral code
• Harm, failure to prevent harm, witnessing, betrayal
• Overlap with Criterion A events
PMIEs can also be Criterion A traumas
Moral injury results from guilt and shame instead of fear. Can
involve self-injury, demoralization, self-handicapping
*****• PTSD symptoms plus disturbances in self-concept, relationships,
spirituality, etc.
• Moral injury is guilt/shame based
• PTSD is primarily fear-based
Give this one a try later!
How to define trauma according to Criterion A of the DSM V (hint: focus on both
the
type of event and how it can be experienced)
What is moral injury and how is it different from PTSD?
The approximate percentage of adults who have experienced ACEs (e.g., what
percentage of adults have experienced at least one ACE? More than one ACE?
