Hello, I am MaScott14, I am in a Global Youth Studies class at college. I want to discuss and research different methods of how the minds of youth are being “protected” and the occasion when the child’s mind is exposed to unknown situations. Topics that interest me are:
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in youth
• Youth and Censorship
Research Proposal
editThe topic that I have focused in on is post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents, a topic where there is no information on the Wikipedia page. Talking about it in class, I wanted to be careful about making it not into a psychology-based contribution, but one that has a sociology spin on it. Therefore, I have to be careful to make sure that I have to find articles that do not talk about the science behind PTSD, but the sociology that is associated with it. At first I wasn’t sure that there was even sources about PTSD that didn’t talk about the neurological ideas associated with it, but after a quick search I was relieved that there was a lot on my topic.
The first thing I did was look on the Cowles library website and searched my topic in their search bar, and I was very encouraged. There were articles titled “Children and adolescents treated for post-traumatic stress disorder at the Free State Psychiatric Complex” and “Developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy for adolescents and young adults with PTSD symptoms after physical and sexual abuse: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial” and “Longitudinal Relationships between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Sleep Problems in Adolescent Survivors following the Wenchuan Earthquake in China”. All of these came from academic journals that are available in Cowles Library so that was encouraging.
I then turned to the internet for further research, and was also pleasantly surprised on the amount of research that has already been done on this topic. Just a simple google search of “post traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents” and tons of articles are given. I know that I should be careful with deciding what source is reliable and credible, especially because I will be using these topics on the Wikipedia page.
Sources That I Plan on Using
editBayer, Chrisophe Pierre, Fionna Klasen, and Hubertus Adam. "Association Of Trauma And PTSD Symptoms With Openness To Reconciliation And Feelings Of Revenge Among Former Ugandan And Congolese Child Soldiers." JAMA: Journal Of The American Medical Association 298.5 (2007): 555-559. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Oct. 2014
Ertl, Verena, et al. "The Challenge Of Living On: Psychopathology And Its Mediating Influence On The Readjustment Of Former Child Soldiers." Plos ONE 9.7 (2014): 1-11. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Oct. 2014.
Klasen, Fionna, et al. "Posttraumatic Resilience In Former Ugandan Child Soldiers." Child Development 81.4 (2010): 1096-1113. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Oct. 2014.
Weierstall, Roland, et al. "When Combat Prevents PTSD Symptoms-Results From A Survey With Former Child Soldiers In Northern Uganda." BMC Psychiatry 12.1 (2012): 41-48. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Oct. 2014.
Kaufman-Shriqui, Vered, et al. "Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Preschoolers Exposed To Ongoing Missile Attacks In The Gaza War." Depression & Anxiety (1091-4269) 30.5 (2013): 425-431. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Oct. 2014.