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
Barriers to Mental Health Service Use Among People With Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Manning R, Cipollina R, Lowe S, Bogart K, Ostrove J, Adler J, Nario-Redmond M, Wang K. Barriers to Mental Health Service Use Among People With Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rehabilitation Psychology 2023, 68: 351-361. PMID: 37470994, PMCID: PMC10799191, DOI: 10.1037/rep0000512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health service needsHealth service needsMental health service useHealth service useMental health conditionsService useMental health needsHealth needsCOVID-19 pandemicMental health service utilizationHealth conditionsHealth service utilizationService needsIllness-related factorsPandemic-related stressorsMental health professionalsService utilizationDepressive symptomsPsychosocial barriersHealth professionalsReduction interventionsYounger ageU.S. adultsBias reduction interventionsHealth inequities