ACEs, sexual violence, and sexual health

Wekerle, Christine; Hébert, Martine; Daigneault, Isabelle; Fortin-Langelier, Elisabeth; Smith, Savanah

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-816065-7.00006-9

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“…Resilience is defined in the first instance by the presence of adversity (i.e., something to work through and overcome, a trauma event that may or may not engender trauma-specific symptoms, or may yield reactivity subsequently, with or without a stress trigger; Wekerle et al, 2020). There is a trauma adaptation process, whereby functional impairment is time-limited, recovered from, or avoided by means of galvanizing inner resources with external resources (Ungar, 2012).…”

Section: Resilience Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…may be triggering trauma reactivity. The experience of sexual abuse seems to be under-queried when other forms of maltreatment exist, with research pointing to the significant overlap of sexual abuse with all other forms of maltreatment (e.g., Wekerle et al, 2020).…”

Section: Resilience Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We do understand from research that trauma increases the salience of negative or threat signals in the environment, which can translate into an impairing form of hypervigilance whereby stress narrows the attentional field (Wekerle et al, 2020). Consequently, positive information in the environment or with respect to the self may process at slower speeds or be ignored.…”

Section: Trauma and Recovering Joymentioning

confidence: 99%

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From adverse childhood experiences to wellbeing: Portfolios of resilience

Wekerle

2020

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Resilience has always been present across human history, as we have contended with the wide array of adversities. Resilience research has gained significantly increasing momentum as a core principle of the trauma-informed approach to service. Resilience research supports not only targeting psychopathology symptom reduction, but also recognizing a portfolio of resilience components to harness in youth interventions. The present discussion considers the innovative research work of Hamby and colleagues (2020) in terms of their portfolio of resilience model and current evidence for a dual-factor model of social support (social support seeking and social support receiving). Social support is a frequent intervention component, particularly in developing help-seeking skills, within youth programming. Their findings support this factorial approach that considers the giving-receiving experience, and how the four categories of Interconnected, Rebuffed, Tended, and Isolated may relate to differing resilience profiles. This research raises important questions for future work in terms of the fit between seeking and receiving that places the youth centrally in this consideration. Youths’ journey from trauma to resilience in a way that validates their portfolio of resilience assets, strengths, and potential is central to a trauma-informed approach to youth well-being, as well as how we negotiate youth rights with our developmental, clinical and health responsibilities.

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Section: Resilience Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resilience Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Trauma and Recovering Joymentioning

confidence: 99%

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From adverse childhood experiences to wellbeing: Portfolios of resilience

Wekerle

2020

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“…While children exposed to ACEs may show immediate signs of distress, the health impacts of ACEs may manifest over time, as exposure to trauma early in life predisposes individuals to stressful situations later in life through what has been termed the stress proliferation chain ( Hertzman & Power, 2003 ; Jones et al, 2018 ; Manyema et al, 2018 ; Nurius et al, 2015 ). Trauma is theorized to embed biologically along at least three distinct pathways to influence health: (1) triggering of the biological stress response and resulting impacts on the neuroimmune-endocrine axis ( Kelly-Irving et al, 2013 ; Stewart, 2006 ), (2) epigenetic expression, ( CDC, 2020 ; Labonté et al, 2012 ; Moore et al, 2013 ) and (3) changes in health behaviors due to adaptation or coping with severe or long-term stress ( Su et al, 2015 ; Vig et al, 2020 ; Wekerle et al, 2020 ; Wiss & Brewerton, 2020 ).…”

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confidence: 99%