2024
Intergenerational trauma transmission through family psychosocial factors in adult children of Rwandan survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi
Bonumwezi J, Grapin S, Uddin M, Coyle S, Habintwali D, Lowe S. Intergenerational trauma transmission through family psychosocial factors in adult children of Rwandan survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Social Science & Medicine 2024, 348: 116837. PMID: 38579628, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily psychosocial factorsPsychosocial factorsDepressive symptomsChild PTSDMaternal PTSDAdverse mental health outcomesChildren of survivorsMaternal trauma exposureCross-sectional online surveyAssociated with child anxietyMental health outcomesPaternal parenting stylesIntergenerational trauma transmissionIntergenerational transmission of traumaParent-child dyadsHealth outcomesTrauma communicationFamily communication stylesSurvivor mothersTransmission of traumaPTSD symptomsTrauma exposureChild anxietyFamily communicationTrauma interventions
2023
Mental health after mass shootings
Lowe S, Bonumwezi J, Valdespino-Hayden Z, Tineo. Mental health after mass shootings. 2023, 430-448. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-91497-0.00200-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Psychosocial family-level mediators in the intergenerational transmission of trauma: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mew E, Nyhan K, Bonumwezi J, Blas V, Gorman H, Hennein R, Quach K, Shabanova V, Hawley N, Lowe S. Psychosocial family-level mediators in the intergenerational transmission of trauma: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0276753. PMID: 36378630, PMCID: PMC9665367, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild mental health outcomesSystematic review registrationRelevant study characteristicsMental health outcomesParental trauma exposureReview registrationBias assessmentRegistration IDConference abstractsPeer-reviewed publicationsPsychosocial factorsFamily-level factorsHealth outcomesSystematic reviewNarrative synthesisPsychosocial mediatorsPublication biasTrauma exposureStudy characteristicsEpidemiological researchProQuest DissertationsTraumaTrauma typesPsychological impactMediatorsTrauma as a Public Health Issue: Epidemiology of Trauma and Trauma-Related Disorders
Mew E, Koenen K, Lowe S. Trauma as a Public Health Issue: Epidemiology of Trauma and Trauma-Related Disorders. 2022, 13-40. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-97802-0_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrauma-related disordersGlobal public health burdenMajor public health concernEpidemiology of traumaPublic health burdenPublic health approachPublic health issuePublic health concernDeterminants of diseaseHealth burdenHigh prevalenceEpidemiologic studiesGlobal prevalenceEpidemiological studiesHealth problemsTrauma exposureHealth approachHealth concernPTE exposureHealth issuesDisordersTraumaCross-study comparisonsPublic healthEpidemiology
2020
A Life‐Course Model of Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Among Low‐Income Survivors of Hurricane Katrina
Lowe SR, Raker EJ, Arcaya MC, Zacher ML, Waters MC, Rhodes JE. A Life‐Course Model of Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Among Low‐Income Survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2020, 33: 950-961. PMID: 32816358, PMCID: PMC7725975, DOI: 10.1002/jts.22581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress symptomsPsychological distressMental healthTrauma exposureNon-Hispanic black mothersPostdisaster mental healthMental health outcomesTime point 1Low-income survivorsLifetime PTERole of exposureNonspecific psychological distressHealth outcomesSymptomsLife course modelSurvivorsLongitudinal studyAssaultive violenceBlack mothersStress symptomsTrauma survivorsExposureTraumatic eventsClinical workHealth
2018
Trauma and Neurodevelopmental Disorders from a Public Health Perspective
Lowe S, Walsh K, Opthof E, Tineo P. Trauma and Neurodevelopmental Disorders from a Public Health Perspective. 2018, 205-239. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00503-0_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health conditionsLow socioeconomic statusPublic health perspectiveTrauma-related disordersTrauma exposureNeurodevelopmental disordersEpidemiologic literatureStress disorderHealth conditionsSocioeconomic statusHealth perspectivePopulation-based studyAcute stress disorderHalf of childrenPublic health interventionsPost-traumatic stress disorderTertiary prevention effortsStressor-related disordersAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderMental health impactPrior trauma exposureTrauma-related conditionsDeficit hyperactivity disorderMore traumatic eventsTrauma-exposed youth
2015
Trauma as a Public Health Issue: Epidemiology of Trauma and Trauma-Related Disorders
Lowe S, Blachman-Forshay J, Koenen K. Trauma as a Public Health Issue: Epidemiology of Trauma and Trauma-Related Disorders. 2015, 11-40. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07109-1_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrauma-related disordersHealth burdenTrauma exposureMajor public health problemGlobal public health burdenEpidemiology of traumaPublic health burdenPublic health problemPublic health approachPublic health issueTraumatic eventsCause of diseaseEpidemiologic dataHigh prevalenceEpidemiologic studiesEpidemiological studiesHealth problemsHealth approachTraumaHealth issuesDisordersCross-study comparisonsPublic healthEpidemiologyPrevalence
2014
Bidirectional Relationships Between Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress: A Longitudinal Study of Detroit Residents
Lowe SR, Walsh K, Uddin M, Galea S, Koenen KC. Bidirectional Relationships Between Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress: A Longitudinal Study of Detroit Residents. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 2014, 123: 533-544. PMID: 24886002, PMCID: PMC4122585, DOI: 10.1037/a0037046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere posttraumatic stressPosttraumatic stressNonassaultive traumaTrauma exposureTraumatic eventsAssaultive traumaCross-lagged panel modelLongitudinal studyMore traumatic eventsSubsequent trauma exposureBidirectional relationshipCycle of adversityUrban-dwelling adultsAssaultive eventsPrevious researchWave 2Wave 1Large sampleEmpirical literatureTypes of eventsContinuous measurePanel modelAdditional researchTraumaAdversityTrajectories of Posttraumatic Stress Among Urban Residents
Lowe SR, Galea S, Uddin M, Koenen KC. Trajectories of Posttraumatic Stress Among Urban Residents. American Journal Of Community Psychology 2014, 53: 159-172. PMID: 24469249, PMCID: PMC3991929, DOI: 10.1007/s10464-014-9634-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAdult Survivors of Child AbuseAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanDisease ProgressionFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMichiganMiddle AgedPovertySocial ClassSocial SupportStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticUnemploymentUrban PopulationViolenceWhite PeopleYoung AdultConceptsPosttraumatic stressLatent class growth analysisTrauma historyPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian VersionExtensive trauma historiesTrauma survivorsTrauma exposureTraumatic eventsSevere PTSDAssaultive violenceTrajectory membershipSocial resourcesPrevious researchAnnual telephone surveySocioeconomic disadvantagePTSD