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A '''trauma trigger''' is an experience that causes someone to recall a previous [[psychological trauma|traumatic]] [[memory]], although the trigger itself need not be frightening or traumatic and can be indirectly or superficially reminiscent of an earlier traumatic incident. Trauma triggers are related to [[posttraumatic stress disorder]] (PTSD), a condition in which people often cannot control the recurrence of emotional or physical symptoms,<ref name="Kolk1994">{{cite journal | last = Kolk | first = Bessel van der | author-link = Bessel van der Kolk | title = The body keeps the score: memory and the evolving psychobiology of posttraumatic stress | journal = [[Harvard Review of Psychiatry]] | volume = 1 | issue = 5 | pages = 253–265 | publisher = [[Lippincott Williams & Wilkins]] | pmid = 9384857 | date = July 2015 | url = http://www.trauma-pages.com/a/vanderk4.php | ref = harv | postscript = .}}</ref> or of [[repressed memory]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Post-traumatic stress disorder, a real illness | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071015184748/http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-a-real-illness/complete-publication.shtml#pub4 | archive-date = 15 October 2007 | url = http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-a-real-illness/complete-publication.shtml#pub4 | website = nimh.nih.gov | publisher = [[National Institute of Mental Health]] | date = 11 October 2007 }}</ref><ref>Herman, pp. 37, 42.</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | url = http://www.vvaa.org.au/ptsd.htm | website = vvaa.org.au | publisher = Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia | date = 2015 | access-date = 4 February 2016 }}</ref> Triggers can be subtle and difficult to anticipate,<ref name="Kolk1994"/><ref>{{cite web | last = Staff writer | title = Post traumatic stress disorders in rape survivors | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151016165948/http://www.survive.org.uk/ptsd.html | archive-date = 16 October 2015 | url = http://www.survive.org.uk/ptsd.html | website = survive.org.uk | publisher = Survive | location = UK | date = 2015 }}</ref> and can sometimes exacerbate PTSD. A trauma trigger may also be referred to as a trauma stimulus or a trauma [[stressor]].<ref name=Fagan/>


A '''trauma trigger''' is a [[Stimulus (psychology)|psychological stimulus]] that prompts involuntary recall of a previous [[psychological trauma|traumatic experience]]. The stimulus itself need not be frightening or traumatic and may be only indirectly or superficially reminiscent of an earlier traumatic incident, such as a scent or a piece of clothing.<ref name=":5">{{cite web | title = Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | url = http://www.vvaa.org.au/ptsd.htm | publisher = Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia | date = 2015 | access-date = 4 February 2016 }}</ref> Triggers can be subtle, individual, and difficult for others to predict.<ref name="Kolk1994">{{cite journal |last1=van der Kolk |first1=Bessel A. |title=The Body Keeps the Score: Memory and the Evolving Psychobiology of Post traumatic Stress |journal=Harvard Review of Psychiatry |date=January 1994 |volume=1 |issue=5 |pages=253–265 |doi=10.3109/10673229409017088 |pmid=9384857 |s2cid=23677122 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dalton |first=Derek |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1145574118 |title=Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Criminology |date=2020 |others=Darren Palmer |isbn=978-3-030-35158-8 |location=Cham, Switzerland |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |chapter=Trigger Warnings in Criminology Teaching Contexts: Some Reflections Based on Ten Years of Teaching a Sensitive Topic |oclc=1145574118}}</ref> A trauma trigger may also be called a '''trauma stimulus''', a '''trauma [[stressor]]''' or a '''trauma reminder'''.<ref name=Fagan>{{cite journal |last1=Fagan |first1=Nancy |last2=Freme |first2=Kathleen |title=Confronting posttraumatic stress disorder |journal=Nursing |date=February 2004 |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=52–53 |doi=10.1097/00152193-200402000-00048 |pmid=14758331 |s2cid=33910036 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book |last1=Foa |first1=Edna B. |last2=Keane |first2=Terence M. |last3=Friedman |first3=Matthew J. |last4=Cohen |first4=Judith A. |title=Effective Treatments for PTSD, Second Edition: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies |date=2008 |publisher=Guilford Press |isbn=978-1-60623-792-2 |page=274 }}</ref>
==Visual media==

It has been suggested that the realistic portrayal of graphic violence in visual media may cause sufferers to encounter lifelike trauma triggers while watching movies or television.<ref name=Ephron/>
The process of connecting a traumatic experience to a trauma trigger is called '''traumatic coupling'''.<ref name=":6">{{cite book |last1=Goulston |first1=Mark |title=Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies |date=2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-05090-3 |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BlHgzUBOzbEC&pg=PA40 }}</ref> When trauma is "triggered", the involuntary response goes far beyond feeling uncomfortable and can feel overwhelming and uncontrollable, such as a [[panic attack]], a [[Flashback (psychology)|flashback]], or a strong impulse to flee to a safe place.<ref name="Laguardia" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=Holly |date=2017 |chapter=Contagious Speech: Mediating the Eating Disorder Panic Through Trigger Warnings |editor=Emily Knox |title=Trigger Warnings: History, Theory, Context |isbn=978-1-4422-7371-9 |location=Lanham, Maryland |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |pages=27–30 |oclc=973920466}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last1=Hilderbrand |first1=Lucas |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zN7SDwAAQBAJ&dq=trauma+trigger+%22being+uncomfortable%22&pg=PT724 |title=The Routledge Companion to Media and Risk |last2=Sarkar |first2=Bhaskar |date=2020-02-26 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-26822-2 |editor-last=Ghosh |editor-first=Bishnupriya |language=en |chapter=Trigger Warnings and the Disciplining of Cinema and Media Pedagogy}}</ref> Avoiding a trauma trigger, and therefore the potentially extreme reaction it provokes, is a common behavioral symptom of [[posttraumatic stress disorder]] (PTSD) and [[post-traumatic embitterment disorder]] (PTED), a treatable and usually temporary condition in which people sometimes experience overwhelming emotional or physical symptoms when something reminds them of, or "triggers" the [[traumatic memories|memory of, a traumatic event]].<ref name=":0" /> Long-term avoidance of triggers increases the likelihood that the affected person will develop a disabling level of PTSD.<ref name=":1">{{cite book |last1=Lahad |first1=Mooli |last2=Doron |first2=Miki |title=Protocol for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: SEE FAR CBT Model : Beyond Cognitive Behavior Therapy |date=2010 |publisher=IOS Press |isbn=978-1-60750-574-7 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4iFlPSVxmqcC&pg=PA18 }}</ref> Identifying and addressing trauma triggers is an important part of treating PTSD.<ref name=":6" />

A ''[[#Trigger warnings|trigger warning]]'' is a message presented to an audience about the contents of a piece of media, to warn them that it contains potentially distressing content. A more generic term, which is not directly focused on PTSD, is ''content warning''.

==Triggers==
The trigger can be anything that provokes fear or distressing memories in the affected person, and which the affected person associates with a previous traumatic experience. Just as [[Psychological trauma|trauma]] is not merely an unpleasant or adverse experience, a trauma trigger is not merely something that makes a person feel uncomfortable or offended.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Greenberg |first=Tamara McClintock |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzn1DwAAQBAJ&dq=ptsd+trigger+uncomfortable&pg=PA5 |title=Treating Complex Trauma: Combined Theories and Methods |date=2020-08-03 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-45285-8 |pages=5 |language=en}}</ref> Some common triggers are:

* a particular smell<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> – such as freshly mown grass, the fragrance of an [[aftershave]] product or [[perfume]].<ref name=":6" /> The sense of smell, [[olfaction]], may be more closely connected to traumatic reminders than other sensory experiences.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vermetten |first1=Eric |last2=Bremner |first2=J. Douglas |title=Olfaction as a Traumatic Reminder in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Case Reports and Review |journal=The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry |date=15 February 2003 |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=202–207 |doi=10.4088/jcp.v64n0214 |pmid=12633130 }}</ref>
*a particular taste<ref name=":6" /> – such as the food eaten during or shortly before a traumatic experience
* a particular sound<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> – such as a helicopter or a song<ref name=":5" />
*a particular texture<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" />
* certain times of day<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{cite book |last1=Foa |first1=Edna B. |last2=Keane |first2=Terence M. |last3=Friedman |first3=Matthew J. |last4=Cohen |first4=Judith A. |title=Effective Treatments for PTSD, Second Edition: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies |date=2008 |publisher=Guilford Press |isbn=978-1-60623-792-2 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MFyEg007YEIC&pg=PA107 }}</ref> – for example, sunset or sunrise<ref name=":5" />
* certain times of year or specific dates – for example, autumn weather that resembles the affected person's experience of the weather during the [[September 11 attacks]],<ref name=":3">{{cite book |last1=Cori |first1=Jasmin Lee |title=Healing from Trauma: A Survivor's Guide to Understanding Your Symptoms and Reclaiming Your Life |date=2007 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-1-60094-061-3 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D3XB0b_l2q0C&pg=PA30 }}</ref> or the anniversary of a traumatic experience<ref name=":6" />
* sights<ref name=":2" /> – (real, photo, film or video) for examples, a fallen tree or a light shining at a particular angle<ref name=":6" />
* places<ref name=":1" /> – for example, a bathroom, or all bathrooms<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foa |first1=Edna B. |last2=Keane |first2=Terence M. |last3=Friedman |first3=Matthew J. |last4=Cohen |first4=Judith A. |title=Effective Treatments for PTSD, Second Edition: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies |date=2008 |publisher=Guilford Press |location=224 |isbn=978-1-60623-792-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MFyEg007YEIC&pg=PA224 }}</ref>
* a person,<ref name=":2" /> especially a person who was present during a traumatic event or resembles someone involved in that event in some respect<ref name=":1" />
* an argument<ref name=":1" />
*a sensation on the skin<ref name=":6" /> – such as the feeling of a [[wristwatch]] resembling the feeling of [[handcuffs]], or sexual touching for victims of sexual assault<ref name=":6" />
* the position of the body<ref name=":4">{{cite book |last1=Follette |first1=Victoria M. |last2=Briere |first2=John |last3=Rozelle |first3=Deborah |last4=Hopper |first4=James W. |last5=Rome |first5=David I. |title=Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices |date=2017 |publisher=Guilford Publications |isbn=978-1-4625-3384-8 |page=304 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y20sDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA304 }}</ref>
* physical pain<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":4" />
* emotions – such as feeling overwhelmed, vulnerable, or not in control<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" />
*a particular situation – for example, being in a crowded place<ref name=":5" />

The trigger is usually personal and specific. However, it need not be closely related to the actual experience. For example, after the [[Gulf War]], some Israelis experienced the sound of an accelerating [[motorbike]] as a trigger, which they associated with the sound of [[Siren (alarm)|sirens]] they heard during the war, even though the resemblance between the two sounds is limited.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lahad |first1=Mooli |last2=Doron |first2=Miki |title=Protocol for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: SEE FAR CBT Model : Beyond Cognitive Behavior Therapy |date=2010 |publisher=IOS Press |isbn=978-1-60750-574-7 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4iFlPSVxmqcC&pg=PA9 }}</ref>

The realistic portrayal of graphic violence in visual media may expose some affected people to triggers while watching movies or television.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=Ephron>{{cite news |last=Ephron |first=Dan |title=Battlefield flashbacks | work = [[Newsweek]] |date=1 October 2006 }}{{vs|date=August 2021}}</ref>

==Experiences==
[[File:Firecrackers lit by hand.jpg|alt=A string of red firecrackers. A young man holds a flame to set it off.|thumb|The bang of firecrackers can be a trauma trigger for some people.]]
People who have experienced trauma and who have developed trauma triggers may panic when the trigger is experienced, especially if it is unexpected.<ref name="Laguardia" /> For example, the noise of fireworks may seem unbearable to a combat veteran whose trauma is coupled with sudden, loud noises as the trigger.


==Trigger warnings==
==Trigger warnings==
{{Redirect|Trigger warning|guidance on trigger warnings or content warnings in Wikipedia|Wikipedia:Trigger warning|5=Trigger warning (disambiguation)}}{{Redirect|Content warning|the 2024 video game|Content Warning}}
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{{Redirect|Trigger warning|the Knife Party album|Trigger Warning (Knife Party album)}}
Trigger warnings are warnings that a work contains writing, images, or concepts which could act as a trauma trigger.<ref name="bbc ouch">{{cite news | work =Ouch blog |title= Trigger warnings: What do they do?|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-26295437 |publisher=[[BBC]]|date= 25 February 2014|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref> The term and concept originated on the [[Internet]] and then spread to other areas, such as print media and university courses.<ref name="bbc ouch" />
Trigger warnings, sometimes called '''content warnings''', are warnings that a work contains writing, images, or concepts that may be distressing to some people.<ref name="bbc ouch">{{cite news | work =Ouch blog |title= Trigger warnings: What do they do?|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-26295437 |publisher=[[BBC]]|date= 25 February 2014|access-date=25 February 2014}}</ref> Content warnings have been widely used in mass media without any connection to trauma, such as the US [[TV Parental Guidelines#Content descriptors|TV Parental Guidelines]], which indicate that a show includes content that some families may find inappropriate for their children.<ref>{{Cite book|author1-link=Keith Whittington|last=Whittington|first=Keith E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S396DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22content+warnings%22+parents&pg=PA58|title=Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech|date=2019-03-26|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-19152-2|pages=57–59|language=en}}</ref> The term ''trigger warning'', with its trauma-specific context, originated at feminist websites that were discussing [[violence against women]], and then spread to other areas, such as print media and university courses.<ref name="bbc ouch" /> Although it is widely recognized that any sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, feeling or sensation could be a trigger, trigger warnings are most commonly presented on a relatively narrow range of material, especially content about [[sexual abuse]] and [[mental illness]] (such as [[suicide]], [[eating disorder]]s, and [[Self-harm|self-injury]]).<ref name=":8">{{cite magazine|last=Jarvie|first=Jenny|date=3 March 2014|title=Trigger happy|magazine=[[The New Republic]]|publisher=[[Chris Hughes]]|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/116842/trigger-warnings-have-spread-blogs-college-classes-thats-bad}}</ref>

In the case of non-fiction books and online videos, only specific chapters or segments may have trigger warnings, providing timestamps and page numbers that allow the audience to easily skip only certain parts, rather than the entire work. This may be more difficult to employ in works of fiction, where skipping certain parts disrupts the narrative flow.

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===Controversy in higher education===
The idea of giving content warnings to university students about their coursework has been disputed and politicized.<ref name="Laguardia" /> Much of the dispute centers around content warnings given to all students about the presence of generally uncomfortable subjects in the curriculum, such as racism and misogyny.<ref name="Laguardia" /> There is no significant dispute over providing [[reasonable accommodation]]s to the small number of students (usually current and former military personnel and sexual assault survivors) who qualify as having a disabling level of post-traumatic stress disorder and whose ability to learn the normal curriculum can be improved, for example, by mentioning in advance that the next reading assignment contains a detailed description of a violent event or that an upcoming [[ballistic pendulum]] demonstration will produce loud sounds.<ref name="Laguardia" />

In 2014, the [[American Association of University Professors]] criticized the use of general content warnings in university contexts, stating, "The presumption that students need to be protected rather than challenged in a classroom is at once infantilizing and anti-intellectual. It makes comfort a higher priority than intellectual engagement and...it singles out politically controversial topics like sex, race, class, capitalism, and colonialism for attention."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aaup.org/report/trigger-warnings|title=On Trigger Warnings|date=August 2014|publisher=[[American Association of University Professors]]}}</ref> This view is supported by some professors such as [[Richard McNally]], professor of psychology at Harvard, and some psychiatric medical practitioners, such as Metin Basoglu and Edna Foa.<ref name=":9">{{cite magazine|last1=McNally|first1=Richard|author-link=Richard McNally|date=20 May 2014|title=Hazards Ahead: The Problem with Trigger Warnings, According to the Research: Five studies you should read before you deploy a trigger warning.|url=https://psmag.com/education/hazards-ahead-problem-trigger-warnings-according-research-81946|magazine=[[Pacific Standard]]|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news|last=Waters|first=Florence|date=4 October 2014|title=Trigger warnings: more harm than good?|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11106670/Trigger-warnings-more-harm-than-good.html|access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{cite news |last1=Waldman |first1=Katy |title=The Trapdoor of Trigger Words |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/cover_story/2016/09/what_science_can_tell_us_about_trigger_warnings.html |work=Slate |date=5 September 2016 }}</ref><ref>Bridgland, Victoria ME, and Melanie KT Takarangi. "Something distressing this way comes: The effects of trigger warnings on avoidance behaviors in an analogue trauma task." ''Behavior Therapy'' 53, no. 3 (2022): 414-427.</ref><ref>Bridgland, Victoria ME, Jorja F. Barnard, and Melanie KT Takarangi. "Unprepared: Thinking of a trigger warning does not prompt preparation for trauma-related content." ''Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry'' 75 (2022): 101708.</ref><ref>Bridgland, Victoria, Payton J. Jones, and Benjamin W. Bellet. "A meta-analysis of the effects of trigger warnings, content warnings, and content notes." (2022).</ref> They believe that trigger warnings increase avoidance behaviors by those with PTSD which makes it harder to overcome the PTSD, create a culture that decreases resilience, and more geared towards political [[Virtue signalling|virtue signaling]], and are "counterproductive to the educational process".<ref name=":9" /><ref name="telegraph.co.uk" /><ref name=":13" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Marcotte |first1=Amanda |title=Why Are People So Triggered by Trigger Warnings? |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/05/trigger-warnings-annoying-well-meaning-not-a-threat-to-free-speech.html |work=Slate Magazine |date=21 May 2015 }}</ref>


Since the publication of the American Association of University Professors' report, other professors, such as Angus Johnston, have supported trigger warnings as a part of "sound [[pedagogy]]".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnston |first1=Angus |title=A Professor Explains Why He's Pro-Trigger Warnings |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/05/hostos-community-college-professor-angus-johnston-explains-why-trigger-warnings-have-a-place-on-campus-syllabuses.html |work=Slate Magazine |date=29 May 2014 }}</ref> Other supportive professors have stated that "the purpose of trigger warnings is not to cause students to avoid traumatic content, but to prepare them for it, and in extreme circumstances to provide alternate modes of learning."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lockhart |first1=Eleanor Amaranth |title=Why trigger warnings are beneficial, perhaps even necessary |journal=First Amendment Studies |date=2 July 2016 |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=59–69 |doi=10.1080/21689725.2016.1232623 |s2cid=151901765 }}</ref>
In an interview about trigger warnings for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]],'' Professor Metin Basoglu, a psychologist internationally recognised for his trauma research, said that "instead of encouraging a culture of avoidance, [the media] should be encouraging exposure. Most trauma victims avoid situations that remind them of the experience. Avoidance means helplessness and helplessness means depression. That's not good."<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news | last = Waters | first = Florence | title = Trigger warnings: more harm than good? | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11106670/Trigger-warnings-more-harm-than-good.html | work = [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] | publisher = [[Telegraph Media Group]] | date = 4 October 2014 | access-date = 4 February 2016 }}</ref> Richard J. McNally, a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, wrote in the ''Pacific Standard''<ref>{{cite news | last = McNally | first = Richard J. | title = Hazards ahead: the problem with trigger warnings, according to the research | url = http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/hazards-ahead-problem-trigger-warnings-according-research-81946 | work = [[Pacific Standard]] | publisher = [[Sara Miller McCune]] | date = 20 May 2014 }}</ref> that "trigger warnings are designed to help victims avoid reminders of their trauma, thereby preventing emotional discomfort. Yet avoidance reinforces PTSD. Conversely, systematic exposure to triggers and the memories they provoke is the most effective means of overcoming the disorder." McNally's article cites several academic studies of PTSD sufferers in support of these claims.


Universities have taken different stances on the issue of trigger warnings. In a letter welcoming new undergraduates, the [[University of Chicago]] wrote that the college's "commitment to academic freedom means we do not support so-called 'trigger warnings'," do not cancel controversial speakers, and do not "condone the creation of intellectual 'safe spaces' where individuals can retreat from thoughts and ideas at odds with their own".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schaper |first1=David |title=University Of Chicago Tells Freshmen It Does Not Support 'Trigger Warnings' |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/08/26/491531869/university-of-chicago-tells-freshmen-it-does-not-support-trigger-warnings |work=NPR |date=26 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ellison |first=John (Jay) |year=2020 |title='Dear Class of 2020 Students' Letter |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/Dear_Class_of_2020_Students.pdf |website=University of Chicago News |publisher=University of Chicago}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grieve |first=Pete |title=University to Freshmen: Don’t Expect Safe Spaces or Trigger Warnings |url=https://chicagomaroon.com/22405/news/university-to-freshmen-dont-expect-safe-spaces-or-trigger-warnings/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Chicago Maroon}}</ref> Students at [[UC Santa Barbara]] took the opposite position in 2014, passing a non-binding resolution in support of mandatory trigger warnings for classes that could contain potentially upsetting material. Professors were encouraged to make students aware of such material and allow them to skip classes that could make them feel uncomfortable.<ref name=":8" />
Now that trigger warnings have appeared in other media, [[Jay Caspian Kang]], best known for his sports writing at [[Grantland]], accused these warnings of "reducing a work of literature to its ugliest plot points".<ref>{{cite news | last = Caspian Kang | first = Jay | title = Trigger warnings and the novelists mind | url = http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2014/05/trigger-warnings-and-the-novelists-mind.html | work = [[The New Yorker]] | publisher = [[Condé Nast]] | date = May 2014 }}</ref>


=== Limited value for general use ===
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===In higher education===
Although the subject has generated political controversy, research suggests that trigger warnings are neither harmful nor especially helpful. Among people without traumatic experiences, "trigger warnings did not affect anxiety responses to potentially distressing material in general."<ref name=":7">{{cite journal |last1=Bellet |first1=Benjamin W. |last2=Jones |first2=Payton J. |last3=McNally |first3=Richard J. |date=December 2018 |title=Trigger warning: Empirical evidence ahead |journal=Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry |volume=61 |pages=134–141 |doi=10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.07.002 |pmid=30077703 |s2cid=51930369}}</ref> Furthermore, studies disagree on whether trigger warnings cause transient increases in anxiety in those without traumatic experiences.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":10">{{cite journal |last1=Bellet |first1=Benjamin W. |last2=Jones |first2=Payton J. |last3=Meyersburg |first3=Cynthia A. |last4=Brenneman |first4=Miranda M. |last5=Morehead |first5=Kaitlin E. |last6=McNally |first6=Richard J. |date=December 2020 |title=Trigger warnings and resilience in college students: A preregistered replication and extension. |journal=Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=717–723 |doi=10.1037/xap0000270 |pmid=32281813 |s2cid=149505821}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{cite journal |last1=Sanson |first1=Mevagh |last2=Strange |first2=Deryn |last3=Garry |first3=Maryanne |date=July 2019 |title=Trigger Warnings Are Trivially Helpful at Reducing Negative Affect, Intrusive Thoughts, and Avoidance |journal=Clinical Psychological Science |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=778–793 |doi=10.1177/2167702619827018 |s2cid=150545454}}</ref> For participants who self-reported a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, or for participants who qualified for probable PTSD, trigger warnings had little [[Statistical significance|statistically significant]] effect.<ref name="JonesPaytonMcNally2020">{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Payton J. |last2=Bellet |first2=Benjamin W. |last3=McNally |first3=Richard J. |date=September 2020 |title=Helping or Harming? The Effect of Trigger Warnings on Individuals With Trauma Histories |journal=Clinical Psychological Science |volume=8 |issue=5 |pages=905–917 |doi=10.1177/2167702620921341 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> [[Effect size]]s on feelings of avoidance, decreased resilience, or other negative outcomes have been "trivial" in controlled research environments.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" />


While trigger warnings have garnered significant debate, few studies have investigated how students typically respond to potentially triggering material. In a 2021 study, 355 undergraduate students from four universities read a passage describing incidents of both physical and sexual assault. Longitudinal measures of subjective distress, PTSD symptoms, and emotional reactivity were measured. Greater than 96% of participants read the triggering passage even when given a non-triggering alternative to read. Of those who read the triggering passage, those with triggering traumas did not report more distress although those with higher PTSD scores did. Two weeks later, those with trigger traumas and/or PTSD did not report an increase in trauma symptoms as a result of reading the triggering passage. Moreover, students with relevant traumas do not avoid triggering material and the effects appear to be brief. Also, students with PTSD do not report an exacerbation of symptoms two weeks later as a function of reading the passage.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kimble |first1=Matthew |last2=Flack |first2=William |last3=Koide |first3=Jennifer |last4=Bennion |first4=Kelly |last5=Brenneman |first5=Miranda |last6=Meyersburg |first6=Cynthia |title=Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings |journal=PLOS ONE |date=25 March 2021 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=e0247579 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0247579 |pmid=33765044 |pmc=7993791 |bibcode=2021PLoSO..1647579K |doi-access=free }}</ref>
Students at [[UC Santa Barbara]] passed a resolution in support of mandatory trigger warnings for classes that could contain potentially upsetting material. Professors would be required to alert students of such material and allow them to skip classes that could make them feel uncomfortable.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jarvie|first=Jenny |title=Trigger happy|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/116842/trigger-warnings-have-spread-blogs-college-classes-thats-bad|work=[[The New Republic]]|publisher=[[Chris Hughes]]|date=3 March 2014 }}</ref>


==History==
The [[American Association of University Professors]] has issued a report critical of trigger warnings in university contexts, stating that "The presumption that students need to be protected rather than challenged in a classroom is at once infantilizing and anti-intellectual."<ref>{{cite web|title=On Trigger Warnings |publisher=[[American Association of University Professors]] |url=https://www.aaup.org/report/trigger-warnings |date=August 2014}}</ref> Angus Johnston, a history professor at the [[City University of New York]], said that trigger warnings can be a part of "sound [[pedagogy]]," noting that students encountering potentially triggering material are "coming to it as whole people with a wide range of experiences, and that the journey we're going on together may at times be painful. It's not coddling them to acknowledge that. In fact, it's just the opposite."<ref>{{cite news | last = Johnston | first = Angus | title = Trigger warnings: a professor explains why he's pro-trigger warnings | work = [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] | url = http://www.slate.com/articles/life/inside_higher_ed/2014/05/hostos_community_college_professor_angus_johnston_explains_why_trigger_warnings.2.html | publisher = [[The Slate Group]] | date = May 2014 }}</ref>
Trauma triggers have been recognized by medical professionals since the 19th century.<ref name=Laguardia>{{Cite journal|last1=Laguardia|first1=Francesca|last2=Michalsen|first2=Venezia|last3=Rider-Milkovich|first3=Holly|date=2017|title=Trigger Warnings: From Panic to Data|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26453524|journal=[[Journal of Legal Education]]|volume=66|issue=4|pages=882–903|jstor=26453524|via=JSTOR}}</ref>


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==See also==
* [[Acute stress disorder]] – sometimes called ''being in shock''
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* [[Content rating]] – such as age-based labels for films
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* [[Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]]
* [[Acute stress reaction]]
* [[Emotional dysregulation]]
* [[Emotional dysregulation]]
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* [[Hypervigilance]] – common symptom of PTSD
* [[Flashback (psychology)]]
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* [[Hypervigilance]]
* [[Repressed memory]]
* [[Repressed memory]]
* [[Survivor guilt]]
* [[Survivor guilt]]
* ''[[The Triggering]]''


==References==
==References==
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<ref name=Ephron>{{cite news |last=Ephron |first=Dan |title=Battlefield flashbacks | work = [[Newsweek]] |publisher=Newsweek LLC |date=1 October 2006 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200610/ai_n16942632 |accessdate=20 December 2007}}{{Dead link|date=January 2017}}</ref>


== External links ==
<ref name=Fagan>{{cite journal | last1 = Fagan | first1 = Nancy | last2 = Freme | first2 = Kathleen | title = Confronting posttraumatic stress disorder | journal = Nursing | volume = 34 | issue = 2 | pages = 52–53 | publisher = [[Lippincott Williams & Wilkins]] | pmid = 14758331 | date = February 2004 | url = http://journals.lww.com/nursing/Abstract/2004/02000/Confronting_posttraumatic_stress_disorder.48.aspx | ref = harv | postscript = . | doi=10.1097/00152193-200402000-00048}}</ref>
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* {{cite web |title=Do Trigger Warnings Work? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/09/13/do-trigger-warnings-work |work=The New York Times }}
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* {{cite news |title= Trigger warnings: What do they do?|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-26295437 | work = Ouch |publisher=[[BBC News]]|date= 25 February 2014|access-date=25 February 2014}}
* {{cite news |last1=Lukianoff |first1=Greg |last2=Haidt |first2=Jonathan |title=How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/ |work=The Atlantic |date=11 August 2015 }}


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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Herman |first=Judith Lewis, MD |title=Trauma and Recovery |publisher=BasicBooks, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers |year=1992 |isbn=9780465087655}}
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*{{cite news | last = Ouch blog |title= Trigger warnings: What do they do?|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-26295437 | work = [[BBC news]] |publisher=[[BBC]]|date= 25 February 2014|accessdate=25 February 2014}}
* {{cite journal | last = Pozo | first = Diana | title = Trigger warnings and the porn studies classroom | journal = [[Porn Studies]] | volume = 2 | issue = 2–3 | pages = 286–289 | publisher = [[Taylor and Francis]] | doi = 10.1080/23268743.2015.1054683 | date = July 2015 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2015.1054683 | ref = harv | postscript = .}}


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"Trigger warning" redirects here. For the film, see Trigger Warning (film).

A trauma trigger is a psychological stimulus that prompts involuntary recall of a previous traumatic experience. The stimulus itself need not be frightening or traumatic and may be only indirectly or superficially reminiscent of an earlier traumatic incident, such as a scent or a piece of clothing.[1] Triggers can be subtle, individual, and difficult for others to predict.[2][3] A trauma trigger may also be called a trauma stimulus, a trauma stressor or a trauma reminder.[4][5]

The process of connecting a traumatic experience to a trauma trigger is called traumatic coupling.[6] When trauma is "triggered", the involuntary response goes far beyond feeling uncomfortable and can feel overwhelming and uncontrollable, such as a panic attack, a flashback, or a strong impulse to flee to a safe place.[7][8][9] Avoiding a trauma trigger, and therefore the potentially extreme reaction it provokes, is a common behavioral symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-traumatic embitterment disorder (PTED), a treatable and usually temporary condition in which people sometimes experience overwhelming emotional or physical symptoms when something reminds them of, or "triggers" the memory of, a traumatic event.[5] Long-term avoidance of triggers increases the likelihood that the affected person will develop a disabling level of PTSD.[10] Identifying and addressing trauma triggers is an important part of treating PTSD.[6]

A trigger warning is a message presented to an audience about the contents of a piece of media, to warn them that it contains potentially distressing content. A more generic term, which is not directly focused on PTSD, is content warning.

Triggers

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The trigger can be anything that provokes fear or distressing memories in the affected person, and which the affected person associates with a previous traumatic experience. Just as trauma is not merely an unpleasant or adverse experience, a trauma trigger is not merely something that makes a person feel uncomfortable or offended.[9][11] Some common triggers are:

  • a particular smell[10][12] – such as freshly mown grass, the fragrance of an aftershave product or perfume.[6] The sense of smell, olfaction, may be more closely connected to traumatic reminders than other sensory experiences.[13]
  • a particular taste[6] – such as the food eaten during or shortly before a traumatic experience
  • a particular sound[10][12] – such as a helicopter or a song[1]
  • a particular texture[1][14]
  • certain times of day[10][12] – for example, sunset or sunrise[1]
  • certain times of year or specific dates – for example, autumn weather that resembles the affected person's experience of the weather during the September 11 attacks,[14] or the anniversary of a traumatic experience[6]
  • sights[12] – (real, photo, film or video) for examples, a fallen tree or a light shining at a particular angle[6]
  • places[10] – for example, a bathroom, or all bathrooms[15]
  • a person,[12] especially a person who was present during a traumatic event or resembles someone involved in that event in some respect[10]
  • an argument[10]
  • a sensation on the skin[6] – such as the feeling of a wristwatch resembling the feeling of handcuffs, or sexual touching for victims of sexual assault[6]
  • the position of the body[16]
  • physical pain[6][16]
  • emotions – such as feeling overwhelmed, vulnerable, or not in control[1][14]
  • a particular situation – for example, being in a crowded place[1]

The trigger is usually personal and specific. However, it need not be closely related to the actual experience. For example, after the Gulf War, some Israelis experienced the sound of an accelerating motorbike as a trigger, which they associated with the sound of sirens they heard during the war, even though the resemblance between the two sounds is limited.[17]

The realistic portrayal of graphic violence in visual media may expose some affected people to triggers while watching movies or television.[1][18]

Experiences

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A string of red firecrackers. A young man holds a flame to set it off.
The bang of firecrackers can be a trauma trigger for some people.

People who have experienced trauma and who have developed trauma triggers may panic when the trigger is experienced, especially if it is unexpected.[7] For example, the noise of fireworks may seem unbearable to a combat veteran whose trauma is coupled with sudden, loud noises as the trigger.

Trigger warnings

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"Trigger warning" redirects here. For guidance on trigger warnings or content warnings in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Trigger warning. For other uses, see Trigger warning (disambiguation).
"Content warning" redirects here. For the 2024 video game, see Content Warning.

Trigger warnings, sometimes called content warnings, are warnings that a work contains writing, images, or concepts that may be distressing to some people.[19] Content warnings have been widely used in mass media without any connection to trauma, such as the US TV Parental Guidelines, which indicate that a show includes content that some families may find inappropriate for their children.[20] The term trigger warning, with its trauma-specific context, originated at feminist websites that were discussing violence against women, and then spread to other areas, such as print media and university courses.[19] Although it is widely recognized that any sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, feeling or sensation could be a trigger, trigger warnings are most commonly presented on a relatively narrow range of material, especially content about sexual abuse and mental illness (such as suicide, eating disorders, and self-injury).[21]

In the case of non-fiction books and online videos, only specific chapters or segments may have trigger warnings, providing timestamps and page numbers that allow the audience to easily skip only certain parts, rather than the entire work. This may be more difficult to employ in works of fiction, where skipping certain parts disrupts the narrative flow.

Controversy in higher education

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The idea of giving content warnings to university students about their coursework has been disputed and politicized.[7] Much of the dispute centers around content warnings given to all students about the presence of generally uncomfortable subjects in the curriculum, such as racism and misogyny.[7] There is no significant dispute over providing reasonable accommodations to the small number of students (usually current and former military personnel and sexual assault survivors) who qualify as having a disabling level of post-traumatic stress disorder and whose ability to learn the normal curriculum can be improved, for example, by mentioning in advance that the next reading assignment contains a detailed description of a violent event or that an upcoming ballistic pendulum demonstration will produce loud sounds.[7]

In 2014, the American Association of University Professors criticized the use of general content warnings in university contexts, stating, "The presumption that students need to be protected rather than challenged in a classroom is at once infantilizing and anti-intellectual. It makes comfort a higher priority than intellectual engagement and...it singles out politically controversial topics like sex, race, class, capitalism, and colonialism for attention."[22] This view is supported by some professors such as Richard McNally, professor of psychology at Harvard, and some psychiatric medical practitioners, such as Metin Basoglu and Edna Foa.[23][24][25][26][27][28] They believe that trigger warnings increase avoidance behaviors by those with PTSD which makes it harder to overcome the PTSD, create a culture that decreases resilience, and more geared towards political virtue signaling, and are "counterproductive to the educational process".[23][24][25][29]

Since the publication of the American Association of University Professors' report, other professors, such as Angus Johnston, have supported trigger warnings as a part of "sound pedagogy".[30] Other supportive professors have stated that "the purpose of trigger warnings is not to cause students to avoid traumatic content, but to prepare them for it, and in extreme circumstances to provide alternate modes of learning."[31]

Universities have taken different stances on the issue of trigger warnings. In a letter welcoming new undergraduates, the University of Chicago wrote that the college's "commitment to academic freedom means we do not support so-called 'trigger warnings'," do not cancel controversial speakers, and do not "condone the creation of intellectual 'safe spaces' where individuals can retreat from thoughts and ideas at odds with their own".[32][33][34] Students at UC Santa Barbara took the opposite position in 2014, passing a non-binding resolution in support of mandatory trigger warnings for classes that could contain potentially upsetting material. Professors were encouraged to make students aware of such material and allow them to skip classes that could make them feel uncomfortable.[21]

Limited value for general use

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Although the subject has generated political controversy, research suggests that trigger warnings are neither harmful nor especially helpful. Among people without traumatic experiences, "trigger warnings did not affect anxiety responses to potentially distressing material in general."[35] Furthermore, studies disagree on whether trigger warnings cause transient increases in anxiety in those without traumatic experiences.[35][36][37] For participants who self-reported a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, or for participants who qualified for probable PTSD, trigger warnings had little statistically significant effect.[38][37] Effect sizes on feelings of avoidance, decreased resilience, or other negative outcomes have been "trivial" in controlled research environments.[36][37]

While trigger warnings have garnered significant debate, few studies have investigated how students typically respond to potentially triggering material. In a 2021 study, 355 undergraduate students from four universities read a passage describing incidents of both physical and sexual assault. Longitudinal measures of subjective distress, PTSD symptoms, and emotional reactivity were measured. Greater than 96% of participants read the triggering passage even when given a non-triggering alternative to read. Of those who read the triggering passage, those with triggering traumas did not report more distress although those with higher PTSD scores did. Two weeks later, those with trigger traumas and/or PTSD did not report an increase in trauma symptoms as a result of reading the triggering passage. Moreover, students with relevant traumas do not avoid triggering material and the effects appear to be brief. Also, students with PTSD do not report an exacerbation of symptoms two weeks later as a function of reading the passage.[39]

History

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Trauma triggers have been recognized by medical professionals since the 19th century.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)". Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia. 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. ^ van der Kolk, Bessel A. (January 1994). "The Body Keeps the Score: Memory and the Evolving Psychobiology of Post traumatic Stress". Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 1 (5): 253–265. doi:10.3109/10673229409017088. PMID 9384857. S2CID 23677122.
  3. ^ Dalton, Derek (2020). "Trigger Warnings in Criminology Teaching Contexts: Some Reflections Based on Ten Years of Teaching a Sensitive Topic". Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Criminology. Darren Palmer. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-35158-8. OCLC 1145574118.
  4. ^ Fagan, Nancy; Freme, Kathleen (February 2004). "Confronting posttraumatic stress disorder". Nursing. 34 (2): 52–53. doi:10.1097/00152193-200402000-00048. PMID 14758331. S2CID 33910036.
  5. ^ a b Foa, Edna B.; Keane, Terence M.; Friedman, Matthew J.; Cohen, Judith A. (2008). Effective Treatments for PTSD, Second Edition: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Guilford Press. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-60623-792-2.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Goulston, Mark (2011). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-118-05090-3.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Laguardia, Francesca; Michalsen, Venezia; Rider-Milkovich, Holly (2017). "Trigger Warnings: From Panic to Data". Journal of Legal Education. 66 (4): 882–903. JSTOR 26453524 – via JSTOR.
  8. ^ Taylor, Holly (2017). "Contagious Speech: Mediating the Eating Disorder Panic Through Trigger Warnings". In Emily Knox (ed.). Trigger Warnings: History, Theory, Context. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 27–30. ISBN 978-1-4422-7371-9. OCLC 973920466.
  9. ^ a b Hilderbrand, Lucas; Sarkar, Bhaskar (2020-02-26). "Trigger Warnings and the Disciplining of Cinema and Media Pedagogy". In Ghosh, Bishnupriya (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Media and Risk. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-26822-2.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Lahad, Mooli; Doron, Miki (2010). Protocol for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: SEE FAR CBT Model : Beyond Cognitive Behavior Therapy. IOS Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-60750-574-7.
  11. ^ Greenberg, Tamara McClintock (2020-08-03). Treating Complex Trauma: Combined Theories and Methods. Springer Nature. p. 5. ISBN 978-3-030-45285-8.
  12. ^ a b c d e Foa, Edna B.; Keane, Terence M.; Friedman, Matthew J.; Cohen, Judith A. (2008). Effective Treatments for PTSD, Second Edition: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Guilford Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-60623-792-2.
  13. ^ Vermetten, Eric; Bremner, J. Douglas (15 February 2003). "Olfaction as a Traumatic Reminder in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Case Reports and Review". The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 64 (2): 202–207. doi:10.4088/jcp.v64n0214. PMID 12633130.
  14. ^ a b c Cori, Jasmin Lee (2007). Healing from Trauma: A Survivor's Guide to Understanding Your Symptoms and Reclaiming Your Life. Hachette Books. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-60094-061-3.
  15. ^ Foa, Edna B.; Keane, Terence M.; Friedman, Matthew J.; Cohen, Judith A. (2008). Effective Treatments for PTSD, Second Edition: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. 224: Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1-60623-792-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  16. ^ a b Follette, Victoria M.; Briere, John; Rozelle, Deborah; Hopper, James W.; Rome, David I. (2017). Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices. Guilford Publications. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-4625-3384-8.
  17. ^ Lahad, Mooli; Doron, Miki (2010). Protocol for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: SEE FAR CBT Model : Beyond Cognitive Behavior Therapy. IOS Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-60750-574-7.
  18. ^ Ephron, Dan (1 October 2006). "Battlefield flashbacks". Newsweek.[verification needed]
  19. ^ a b "Trigger warnings: What do they do?". Ouch blog. BBC. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  20. ^ Whittington, Keith E. (2019-03-26). Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech. Princeton University Press. pp. 57–59. ISBN 978-0-691-19152-2.
  21. ^ a b Jarvie, Jenny (3 March 2014). "Trigger happy". The New Republic. Chris Hughes.
  22. ^ "On Trigger Warnings". American Association of University Professors. August 2014.
  23. ^ a b McNally, Richard (20 May 2014). "Hazards Ahead: The Problem with Trigger Warnings, According to the Research: Five studies you should read before you deploy a trigger warning". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  24. ^ a b Waters, Florence (4 October 2014). "Trigger warnings: more harm than good?". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  25. ^ a b Waldman, Katy (5 September 2016). "The Trapdoor of Trigger Words". Slate.
  26. ^ Bridgland, Victoria ME, and Melanie KT Takarangi. "Something distressing this way comes: The effects of trigger warnings on avoidance behaviors in an analogue trauma task." Behavior Therapy 53, no. 3 (2022): 414-427.
  27. ^ Bridgland, Victoria ME, Jorja F. Barnard, and Melanie KT Takarangi. "Unprepared: Thinking of a trigger warning does not prompt preparation for trauma-related content." Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 75 (2022): 101708.
  28. ^ Bridgland, Victoria, Payton J. Jones, and Benjamin W. Bellet. "A meta-analysis of the effects of trigger warnings, content warnings, and content notes." (2022).
  29. ^ Marcotte, Amanda (21 May 2015). "Why Are People So Triggered by Trigger Warnings?". Slate Magazine.
  30. ^ Johnston, Angus (29 May 2014). "A Professor Explains Why He's Pro-Trigger Warnings". Slate Magazine.
  31. ^ Lockhart, Eleanor Amaranth (2 July 2016). "Why trigger warnings are beneficial, perhaps even necessary". First Amendment Studies. 50 (2): 59–69. doi:10.1080/21689725.2016.1232623. S2CID 151901765.
  32. ^ Schaper, David (26 August 2016). "University Of Chicago Tells Freshmen It Does Not Support 'Trigger Warnings'". NPR.
  33. ^ Ellison, John (Jay) (2020). "'Dear Class of 2020 Students' Letter" (PDF). University of Chicago News. University of Chicago.
  34. ^ Grieve, Pete. "University to Freshmen: Don't Expect Safe Spaces or Trigger Warnings". Chicago Maroon. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  35. ^ a b Bellet, Benjamin W.; Jones, Payton J.; McNally, Richard J. (December 2018). "Trigger warning: Empirical evidence ahead". Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 61: 134–141. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.07.002. PMID 30077703. S2CID 51930369.
  36. ^ a b Bellet, Benjamin W.; Jones, Payton J.; Meyersburg, Cynthia A.; Brenneman, Miranda M.; Morehead, Kaitlin E.; McNally, Richard J. (December 2020). "Trigger warnings and resilience in college students: A preregistered replication and extension". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 26 (4): 717–723. doi:10.1037/xap0000270. PMID 32281813. S2CID 149505821.
  37. ^ a b c Sanson, Mevagh; Strange, Deryn; Garry, Maryanne (July 2019). "Trigger Warnings Are Trivially Helpful at Reducing Negative Affect, Intrusive Thoughts, and Avoidance". Clinical Psychological Science. 7 (4): 778–793. doi:10.1177/2167702619827018. S2CID 150545454.
  38. ^ Jones, Payton J.; Bellet, Benjamin W.; McNally, Richard J. (September 2020). "Helping or Harming? The Effect of Trigger Warnings on Individuals With Trauma Histories". Clinical Psychological Science. 8 (5): 905–917. doi:10.1177/2167702620921341.
  39. ^ Kimble, Matthew; Flack, William; Koide, Jennifer; Bennion, Kelly; Brenneman, Miranda; Meyersburg, Cynthia (25 March 2021). "Student reactions to traumatic material in literature: Implications for trigger warnings". PLOS ONE. 16 (3): e0247579. Bibcode:2021PLoSO..1647579K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0247579. PMC 7993791. PMID 33765044.
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