An Integrated Historical Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth Framework: a Cross-Cultural Exploration

Racial and socioeconomic status differences in stress, posttraumatic growth, and mental health in an older adult cohort during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…This exploratory study can encourage future research, inform study designs on posttraumatic growth, mental health, and the proposed conceptual framework that focuses on mass group-level posttraumatic growth in the context of historical trauma. 47 Historical trauma refers to populations that have been historically subjected to long-term, mass trauma over a life span and across generations. Historical trauma is shared by a group of people, is intergenerational, and has been associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes.…”

“…Historical trauma is shared by a group of people, is intergenerational, and has been associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes. 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 Additionally, previous studies have shown that historical trauma connects the history of mass group experienced trauma to present day experiences and health. 49 Our study may contribute to this framework as it illustrates the importance of race, which may guide researchers with understanding why underrepresented groups experience more posttraumatic growth.…”

Neighbourhood Social Determinants of Health and Geographical Inequalities in Premature Mortality in Taiwan: A Spatiotemporal Approach

“…These findings indicate that, in Taiwan, existing social welfare policies for indigenous people, such as household financial support and mobile health services, have a limited effect on narrowing health inequalities. The issues of historical trauma, discrimination based on ethnic identity, and lack of cultural competence in health care have been considered as the root causes for poorer health outcomes among indigenous people [ 70 , 71 , 72 ]; however, interventions addressing these issues are rare. Therefore, to ensure the timely attainment of SDG targets and to close the inequality gap, reform of current policies and health programs for indigenous people is needed.…”

Resisting a postcolonial construction of historical trauma and healing: Critical discourse analysis of public apologies in Canada

“…As critical scholars in historical trauma noted (Gone, 2014;Kirmayer et al, 2014;Maxwell et al, 2014;Ortega-Williams et al, 2021), there have been ongoing efforts to understand historical trauma within the context of postcolonial and/or settler colonial power relations. Le (2016: 60) notes that '[T]he apologies compel "a more humane image of Canada" by invoking settler racial structures of feeling, where the burden of carrying the state's violent past.…”

“…It can take the first step toward reconciliation. A sincere and honest apology given can add to the sum of justice in the world By Phil Fontaine (2008), National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Historical trauma refers to historical oppression, cultural suppression, and colonization toward massive groups of people and the subsequent cumulative and ongoing harms and injustice on their lifespan and across generations (Kirmayer et al, 2014;Maxwell, 2019;Ortega-Williams et al, 2021). Beginning at the end of 1980s and through the 1990s, the concept of historical trauma has been widely circulated in both scholarly and grassroots community discourse about Indigenous 1 and other marginalized population health concerns and healing in North America (Brave Hart, 1993, 1999Duran and Duran, 1995;Kirmayer et al, 2014).…”