Terrorism

Abstract

Terrorism is defined in Title 22 of the U.S. Code, Section 2656f(d), as “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by sub‐national groups … intended to influence an audience.” Risk analyses suggest that the target locations for terrorist attacks are typically those that are critical to the government and economy, contain iconic symbols, and are high in human occupancy. These targets tend to exist in major urban areas, and thus when terrorism strikes, a great many individuals are in close proximity and are vulnerable to directly witnessing the attack, seeing dead or injured people, being involved in an evacuation, experiencing extended hours of separation from loved ones amid a climate of panic, losing a loved one, viewing physical damage or ruins, and/or being forced to relocate their residency.

Coverage of child maltreatment in undergraduate psychopathology textbooks.

“…The three textbooks with the greatest number of keyword mentions were by Hooley et al (2020; n = 508), Nevid et al (2021; n = 321), and Kring and Johnson (2021; n = 313). The three textbooks with the greatest number of citations were by Hooley et al (2020; n = 316), Comer and Comer (2021; n = 174), and Kring and Johnson (2021; n = 134). See the total number of keyword and citation mentions in Table 1…”

“…Nevid et al’s (2021) textbook displayed the widest breadth of linkage between childhood trauma and psychopathology, connecting childhood trauma to 93% of the identified DSM-5 diagnostic categories (see Table 3). In contrast, the textbooks by Durand et al (2018) and Comer and Comer (2021) each linked child trauma to only 73% of the identified diagnostic categories. Consistent with the findings from Wilgus et al (2016), Nevid et al’s (2021) textbook provided the greatest breadth of coverage about trauma-related psychopathology.…”

“…The excluded book was instead replaced by the updated textbook by Nevid et al (2021) due to the earlier edition being included in Wilgus et al’s (2016) study and its “Best coverage of child maltreatment in undergraduate psychology textbooks award” from APA’s Trauma Division (i.e., APA Division 56). Textbooks included in the study were as follows: Barlow et al (2018), Beidel et al (2017), Comer and Comer (2021), Durand et al (2018), Hooley et al (2020), Kring and Johnson (2021), Nevid et al (2021), Nolen-Hoeksema (2020), Oltmanns and Emery (2019), and Ray (2020).…”

Teaching undergraduate psychology students about mental health through student-led case studies: a case example of the celebrity Spike Milligan

“…Abnormal Psychology is the name still given to the study of mental illness by many Psychology degree courses (Hooley et al , 2016; Comer and Comer, 2021). Only a few textbooks have managed to escape this terminology, most notably the excellent textbook by John Cromby, David Harper and Paula Reavey, “Psychology, Mental Health and Distress”, (Cromby et al , 2013).…”