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Adverse and Traumatic Experiences
Adverse and Traumatic Experiences
Throughout our life, it is common one or more adverse experiences, such as illness, violence or accidents. These experiences, experienced directly or witnessed, occur in various contexts (home, community, schools, workplace), can be traumatic, and endanger adaptive processes, having negative consequences on physical health (eg Physical complaints and illness) and psychological (eg, mental illness / psychopathology symptoms such as post-traumatic stress disorder).This research line, coordinated by Professor Ângela Maia, has as main object of study the consequences of exposure to adversity and trauma, namely the physical, psychological and social implications, and associated risk and protection factors. Studying methodological issues in the reporting of life experiences and protective factors that contribute to normative adaptation and promote resilience following adversarial course (s) are other research objectives of this group. Taking a developmental perspective, the team has more recently focused on the pathways from victimization to aggression and life experiences that may contribute to the emergence of deviant behavior. Research in this area is fundamental to understand how and why people report negative life experiences, the adaptive processes after adversity and trauma, and the associated consequences, in order to plan interventions that promote psychosocial adjustment and improve quality Life and well-being of the victims.
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